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Slate’s Culture Gabfest on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Nailed It!, and the Scarlett Johansson trans casting controversy.

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This week, the critics discuss Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the latest installment in the Jurassic Park film series, directed by J. A. Bayona. How does the movie hold up when compared with the rest of the franchise? Then, the gabbers turn to Netflix’s baking show Nailed It!, examining how it treats classic reality TV tropes and debating whether it’s mindless fluff or a bona fide postmodern masterpiece. Finally, Slate’s Evan Urquhart joins the panel to unpack the controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson’s casting as a trans man in the upcoming movie Rub & Tug.

Links to some of the things we discussed this week:

Endorsements:

Dana: Herdwick Shepherd and Kinderhook Farm on Instagram and Yorkshire Shepherdess on Twitter

Julia: Wedding dress shopping and This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff

Stephen: Bogart by Ann Sperber, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, and “For You” by Bruce Springsteen

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