EPISODE · Sep 8, 2016 · 26 MIN
#13: Fourth Dimensional Snobbery: The Psychoanalysis of Dikembe Umbutu
from General Snobbery | Film and Philosophy · host General Snobbery
Some call him the "African Warlord," some call him Michael Clarke Duncan, some have no idea who he is at all. In reality, he is Dikembe Umbutu, great machete-wielding savior of the African nations, the most resurgent component of Independence Day: Resurgence. Here's an episode that has long rested in the hidden vaults, patiently awaiting the proper moment of release, in which your hosts turn a psychoanalytic eye toward Mr. Umbutu and his faithful sidekick, Floyd. Little did ye know, Listener, how wrought with complications is Roland Emmerich's great 2016 blockbuster. Indeed, faithful Listener, ye shall discover in the closing moments of this episode the implanting of a new idea, an idea that may change the unfolding of the universe. Roland Emmerich, this one is for you.
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Some call him the "African Warlord," some call him Michael Clarke Duncan, some have no idea who he is at all. In reality, he is Dikembe Umbutu, great machete-wielding savior of the African nations, the most resurgent component of Independence Day: Resurgence. Here's an episode that has long rested in the hidden vaults, patiently awaiting the proper moment of release, in which your hosts turn a psychoanalytic eye toward Mr. Umbutu and his faithful sidekick, Floyd. Little did ye know, Listener, how wrought with complications is Roland Emmerich's great 2016 blockbuster. Indeed, faithful Listener, ye shall discover in the closing moments of this episode the implanting of a new idea, an idea that may change the unfolding of the universe. Roland Emmerich, this one is for you.
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