What Do Disney Sequels, Zombies, a Nazi Comedy, and Steven Soderbergh Have in Common? | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Political subtext is everywhere, even at the movies. The weekend's four big releases—'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'; 'Jojo Rabbit'; 'The Laundromat'; and 'Zombieland: Double Tap'—all have surprising and occasionally confounding nods to the fractured nature of the United States. Amanda and Sean look closely at each movie and the circumstances that led to their messages (2:00). Then, Sean is joined by 'Zombieland: Double Tap' director Ruben Fleischer to discuss the sequel to his 2009 hit, his work on 'Venom,' and more (53:00). Host: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Ruben Fleischer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Lyskelli and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.6	Once you finish the season finale of HBO's Succession, make sure to tune in to the last episode
0:08.9	of the Ringer's after show called Number One Boys with Chris Ryan and Jason Ezeppcion.
0:13.6	You check that out as well as recaps from the episodes from this season on our Twitter,
0:17.2	at Ringer and our YouTube page.
0:19.0	We also have a lot of great written content about the show from writers like Allison Herman,
0:23.1	Katie Baker and Miles Surrey.
0:24.9	You can find that on theRinger.com.
0:30.0	I'm Sean Fennese.
0:35.0	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:36.6	And this is the big picture, a conversation show about art imitating life, life imitating
0:40.8	art, and podcasts imitating cable news.
0:44.1	Amanda, there is no more annoying form of cultural discussion than blank in the time of Donald
0:49.5	Trump.
0:50.5	And yet, we find ourselves faced with four new movies this weekend that could comfortably
0:54.9	be called Politically Conscious, perhaps even reactionary pieces of art.
0:59.5	Not all of them are what we might have expected.
1:01.3	Those movies are Tyco ITD's Jojo Rabbit, which is marketed as a quote unquote anti-hate
1:05.0	satire, Steven Soderbergh's episodic Panama Papers' documentary drama The Laundromat,
1:09.5	which is now streaming on Netflix, the unlikely Zombieland sequel, Zombieland Double Tap, and
1:15.5	Angelina Jolie starring in a sequel to a sleeping beauty prequel called Maleficent
1:21.6	Mistress of Evil.
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