TV, Movies And Coronavirus

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all parts of the entertainment industry. Sam talks to writer and comedian Jenny Yang and camera operator Jessica Hershatter, whose jobs are on hold due to shutdowns. Also, Sam and LA Times entertainment reporter Meredith Blake discuss television and streaming. And joining Sam for a special edition of Who Said That is Shea Serrano, staff writer for The Ringer and author of the book Movies (and Other Things).

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, this is Sam on the line with Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:03.0	Hi, Aunt Betty.
0:04.1	Hey, Sam. How are you?
0:05.6	How are you?
0:07.0	Really well, thanks.
0:08.4	Well, I want to talk to you today because we are doing a very special episode all
0:14.1	about how coronavirus is changing the entertainment industry and Hollywood.
0:20.3	And I said to myself all week putting this show together, Betty loves movies.
0:25.4	Yes, she does.
0:27.2	And I was thinking this past Christmas, what I enjoyed perhaps the most that day,
0:32.5	was it on Christmas Day exactly where you and I went to the theater to see knives out?
0:37.2	Yes, it was.
0:38.2	It was I think it was before or after our Chinese thing and then we went to the movies.
0:43.0	Yeah, Chinese buffet in a movie.
0:44.8	It was a wonderful Christmas.
0:47.6	It does.
0:48.2	Yeah, you know, one of the questions we're asking this episode is when will the current crop
0:53.4	of TV shows and movies and content like dry up?
0:57.2	I mean, as someone who is at home like the rest of us, do you worry about that day?
1:01.8	Never.
1:03.6	My mind.
1:04.8	I think about it all the time.
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