Podcasts TV Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode #136: "The Great Wall," "Fist Fight," and "I Am Not Your Negro"

Episode #136: "The Great Wall," "Fist Fight," and "I Am Not Your Negro"

Published: Feb. 17, 2017, 5:13 a.m.

At the show\u2019s outset, the guys wonder what a wiki site run by Kris would be like, before they dive into this week\u2019s movies. First, Kris regales Dave and Evan with his thoughts on the cinematic implications of the Chinese/American collaboration THE GREAT WALL (at 3:06), an action film with Matt Damon in a non-white savior role that has great creature design, but ultimately is really dumb. Then Evan spoilerpieces FIST FIGHT (at 26:43), a completely nonsensical, failure of a comedy, that has bloopers funnier than its entire hour and a half runtime. Lastly, he and Dave explore I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (at 45:42), the Oscar-nominated documentary that describes what it\u2019s like to be black in America through the words of author James Baldwin. The brilliant insights Baldwin reveals really resonate with them intellectually and emotionally, although the documentary\u2019s dense content prompts them to recommend more than one viewing, to take in all of its poignant commentary.