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Borzoi and Donator Nick talk about the casual racism of Guy Ritchie's film The Gentlemen and the larger context of the colonization of Britain by Americans and middlemen minorities and the commodification of the past in culture.
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Intro is Vapor Lounge off Grim Omen. Ending song is Antisocial Network
I’ll have to give it another try. I didn’t last fifteen minutes the first time it was on. I think I’ve reached Peak Goyl. Everything seems tired and contrived to me. Hugh Grant wasn’t convincing as a gritty street level criminal. I’m sorry you have gray hair now, Hugh, but you can’t just do that after spending the frost-lens 90’s as the quintessential romcom neo-dandy fop. And illegal weed rings are Disney grade at this point, the underbelly of “da club” bugmanism. Coachella gangsterism. And all that “age of film” sentimentality in Grant’s early lines, delivered in naughty old man… Read more »
I have a reflexive contempt for people who follow contemporary culture, but you guys are great. Entertaining and edifying.
Just finished the movie, thought it was decent but not great. You can read more into it than was actually there, that’s for sure. Anyone else find the Ritchie/Tarantino “snappy” dialogue a bit tryhard and annoying?
Where is the download link, my nnnguy?
At the top of the player, click ‘Episodes’, then click the title of the episode you want, in this case ‘The Gentlemen’, then you’ll find the download button on the bottom right (it’s the small square with a downward arrow through the top of it).
Thanks, mmbud.
If you’re a window-fag, simply download & install: Internet Download Manager.
regarding mockney accents, as a brit I can confirm that most all yuppies and middle class people will deliberately speak with rough “chav” accents to give a sense of realness and street cred. In fact, british (white) people from lower class backgrounds speak with more stereotypically posh accents then middle and upper class people as a general trend.
I was glad to hear Gillian Welch and David Rawling’s music played in the intro. I didn’t watch much of the film, tho…
For next April fools you should just post that episode of Strike & Mike where Striker basically read out the entire script of Uncut Gems
i NEED a uncut gems poz button
I’d love to discuss Uncut Gems.
In the meantime, you should check out CF’s review & thoughts on the movie:
https://youtu.be/4Vv4PQEYsXY
GENTLEMEN
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