Episode 252 – ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

Runtime96 minutes Show Contents 0:00 Introduction 3:24 Know Your Enemy: Odie Henderson 25:07 The New Slang: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI 1:08:10 The Other Side: Odie and Ryan talk further reading after Regina King’s new film Thoughts From Your Host… This episode reminded me how much I still love this community I’m a part of. It’s hard to tell sometimes because there are such unseemly tendencies and such uncivil behaviour. There’s the occasional meltdown on Twitter and certainly many people who act terrible towards others. But the good people in this community will always be good people. They will always be the sort of people who will help with a project, or chat over beer, or talk-up something good they’ve just seen. What’s more, the true members of the community are always about talking each-other up. They will remember clever things that others in the community said, and they’ll spread the love. I’ve seen it for more than ten years, and I continue to see it now. Any community can feel off sometimes because of human nature and the tensions they create…but the positive energy of a good community? The cheerleading and the re-enforcement? That’s the heart of it all. There’s a feeling of community in this episode. My thanks to my guest for lighting the spark, and my thanks to you for tending the flame. Special Note: As mentioned in this episode’s introduction, The Matineecast has a few new podcasting platforms it calls home. So if you wish, look for this podcast on CastBox, PodChaser, and TuneIn. If there are any podcast apps/platforms that you use that I can likewise add the show to, please let me know! Links Mentioned on Episode 252: Odie mentioned a lot of links on this episode, so get comfy folks! My Blindspot post discussing SHAFT, where Odie and I first emailed Matineecast 247 discussing AMERICAN UTOPIA Odie and Keith Ulrich discuss MARRIED TO THE MOB Siskel & Ebert’s review of STOP MAKING SENSE: Nick Allen’s piece on Vulture about what did and didn’t happen in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI Odie’s essay on Regina King on Big Media Vandalism Odie’s review of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI for rogerebert.com Roger Ebert’s review of Spike Lee’s SCHOOL DAZE Odie’s review of FENCES for rogerebert.com Slate Movie Club discusses Christopher Nolan’s TENET Coolidge Corner, where Odie will soon be doing a virtual seminar on SHAFT Odie’s Twitter feed can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank you very much for listening.  Enjoy!