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On this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest, Katy Waldman joins the gabbers to discuss Disney’s new live-action version of The Jungle Book. Why does Disney continue to return to Kipling’s problematic source material? Next up, Dahlia Lithwick and the gabbers weigh in on the HBO movie Confirmation, which examines the public spectacle of Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings. What does this movie teach us about our contemporary moment? Finally, NPR recently decided to stop promoting the network’s digital offerings. Is NPR’s business model destined to die out?
Links to some of the things we discussed this week follow:
- Disney’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book
- Disney’s animated version of The Jungle Book from 1967
- Rudyard Kipling’s book, The Jungle Book
- HBO’s Confirmation
- Clarence Thomas’ memoir, My Grandfather’s Son
- Dahlia Lithwick’s interview with Anita Hill in Slate
- Leon Neyfakh’s Slate piece, “The Fight for the Future of NPR”
- Steve and Cokie Roberts’ syndicated column, “GOP Must Stop Trump Now”
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Endorsements:
Dan: The Tampa Bay Times series “Farm to Fable” by Laura Reiley
Julia: Better Call Saul. Also, read Julia’s Slate piece about why Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad!
Steve: Richard Rorty’s Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
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