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The Nose On Our Current Cancel Culture, Jane Fonda's Arrests, And 'Parasite'
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audio
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Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 08, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:49:30

The news comes fast in is-cancel-culture.html">the world of the canceled these days. Louis CK is ck-tour-review.html">back out on tour. President Obama has a "cancel-culture.html">very boomer view" of the whole thing. The New York Times culture.html">reports on teens' takes.

Meanwhile, some celebrities, rather than getting themselves canceled, are getting themselves arrested. Jane Fonda, for instance. And fonda-sam-waterston-arrested-climate-protest.html">Sam Waterston. And Ted Danson.

And: Bong Joon Ho's genre-defying new movie, Parasite, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and it's being called "a nearly perfect film" and "the best movie of the year."

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

GUESTS:

  • Rebecca Castellani - Music writer for the Red Hook Star Revue
  • Taneisha Duggan - Producing associate at TheaterWorks
  • Bill Yousman - Professor of Media Studies at Sacred Heart University

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