Culture Gabfest: Licorice Dystopia
b'This week, senior editor at Slate, Allegra Frank, fills in for Steve as the panel begins by debating the enjoyability of Apple TV+\\u2019s new star-studded thriller Severance. Then, the panel digs into Paul Thomas Anderson\\u2019s latest Oscar contender Licorice Pizza. Finally, the panel discusses longform YouTube videos and the rise and fall of attention spans, inspired by Terry Nguyen\\u2019s article \\u201cThe video essay boom\\u201d for Vox. Referenced video essays include:\\xa0Mike\\u2019s Mic on\\xa0Pretty Little Liars,\\xa0Jenny Nicholson on\\xa0Dear Evan Hansen, and\\xa0Quinton Reviews on\\xa0Victorious.\\nIn Slate Plus, the panel discusses thematic aversions they have in films.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\nEndorsements\\nJulia: Endorsing Six Seasons: a New Way With Vegetables by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg, which has lots of delicious recipes that are designed for your farmer\\u2019s market finds.\\nAllegra: The podcast Dead Eyes from comedian Connor Ratliff about people in the entertainment industry and their long forgotten, lost, and/or canceled projects\\u2014inspired by how he was fired from Band of Brothers by Tom Hanks himself because he had \\u201cdead eyes.\\u201d\\nDana: Speaking of video essays, filmmaker Kogonada\\u2019s (After Yang, Columbus) video essays which are extremely visual and beautifully edited. They\\u2019re all on his website, but Dana specifically shouted out: Breaking Bad // POV, Mirrors of Bergman, Hands of Bresson, and Linklater // On Cinema & Time.\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\\nOutro music is\\xa0"If Only I Was a Poet" by Staffan Carlen.\\nSlate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate\'s journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now\\xa0at slate.com/cultureplus.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'