Will Smith’s ‘Aladdin’: Why Does This Movie Exist? | Exit Survey

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4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Disney is releasing its third live-action remake of a beloved animated classic this year alone—is this overflooding the market or is it a smart strategy for bolstering their incoming streaming platform? Plus, we examine how Will Smith’s career led him to be a charming (if lacking) Genie, and the perplexing decisions of an ultimately interesting filmmaker in Guy Ritchie. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Liz Kelly.
0:04.1	Fresh off of Talk The Thrones,
0:05.4	the Ringer is introducing a new live Twitter after show
0:08.2	covering season two of HBO's Big Little Lies.
0:11.6	Immediately after each episode,
0:13.1	the Ringer's Amanda Dobbins and ESPN's Mina Cimes
0:15.9	will be going live to give their initial reactions
0:18.4	and breakdown everything we saw in the episode.
0:20.8	And to kick us off,
0:21.6	there'll be a special season two preview
0:23.4	airing on Friday, June 7th at 12 p.m. Pacific.
0:26.5	So join Amanda and Mina for Big Little Live
0:28.8	every Sunday on Twitter.
0:59.0	Amanda, we're here for a very specific reason
1:01.4	and that is because Aladdin comes out this week,
1:03.6	27 years after the original Aladdin,
1:06.5	Disney has decided to reprise, remake,
1:09.3	rethink, recast,
1:12.0	re-sing Aladdin.
1:14.7	We saw this movie last night
1:16.0	and we're gonna talk step by step
1:17.5	through all of the things that they did with this movie.
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