"Green Book" Judging What's Under the Cover

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 5:37 a.m.

b'Featuring great performances by Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book" is the unlikely potential frontrunner for the Best Motion Picture Academy Award after winning big at the Golden Globes and the Producers Guild of America Awards. But is it any good? Is it a charming tale of an inter-racial friendship forged under duress in the Deep South? Or is it a "white saviour" movie disguised as an odd-couple, road trip film? Who is the main character in the film, and what does that say about about its racial politics? And can or should this movie be judged without having regard to the context of our times? These questions, and more, are pondered in our most stimulating episode yet.'