40 Acres and a Movie

Still Processing

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Arts

4.8 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Disney owns a piece of every living person’s childhood. Now it owns Marvel Studios, too. Jenna and Wesley look at depictions of racist tropes and stereotypes in Disney’s ever-expanding catalog. The company has made recent attempts to atone for its past. But can it move forward without repeating the same mistakes?

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0:00.0	I'm Wesley Morris.
0:07.2	I'm Jenna Wortham.
0:08.2	We're two culture writers at the New York Times.
0:11.5	And this is still a processing.
0:17.0	Yeah.
0:26.2	You made me aware of the fact that you might have a problem.
0:33.2	We're going here today.
0:35.2	And it involves watching a lot of Marvel movies.
0:40.7	You have become an MCU person.
0:45.4	I know it's my not-so-secret shame.
0:47.6	Anyone that follows me online knows that I am thirsting after thick thanos.
0:53.7	Oh, boy.
0:54.7	I can't stop.
0:55.7	I won't be stopped.
0:56.7	I don't want to stop.
0:58.0	So when did this start for you?
0:59.4	Like what exactly happened?
1:01.7	I mean, many beloved people in my life.
1:04.3	You included my other best friend, Kimberly.
1:07.8	Both of y'all have been telling me about the Marvel Cinematic Universe for years.
1:12.4	It just felt like to me adult cartoons.
1:16.1	And there was something to me that was grotesque about how much money these movies were
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