Mel Gibson's Rothchild Film (huh?); GOT's Sexism, Leslie Jones & More-MWIR @7pm

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Utter simplicity, AFROnerdists! Check out the latest episode of The Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern! Oh and per usual the show continues to be powered by Afronerd Radio Machineworks! The topics to be dissected are: doing some "clean up" by addressing some issues missed during the last podcast; controversial Hollywood actor/director, Mel Gibson is caught in another contentious situation with his starring role in the forthcoming film, Rothchild (strange considering his antisemitic history); The Mary Sue has a problem with sexist/racist depictions in historical fantasy shows like Game of Thrones; BREAKING NEWS: SNL comedianne, Leslie Jones is accused of yet another minstrel performance ths time involving new UK Duchess, Meghan Markle; thoughts about actress, Alyssa Milano's call for a "sex strike" in the wake of recent legal setbacks on women's reproductive rights in multiple US states; Marvel's Agents of SHIELD returns; And lastly, if time permits-our thoughts about changes/spinoffs/reboots occurring in print (Jonathan Hickman's new "era" for the X-men, Fantastic Four's Future Foundation solo series and a comic continuation of the popular PS4 Spiderman video game) mightly impact future MCU films post Endgame. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

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