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Sinners The Rewatchables
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Early box-office skepticism

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 02:06:51Read transcript
  • Early profit skepticism is criticized for undervaluing successful original filmmaking. — Bill Simmons
  • Studio notions of responsible budgets are discussed with uncertainty about the applicable thresholds. — Wesley Morris
  • Coogler’s deal is defended as meeting Warner’s need to attract proven talent; the sports-contract analogy provokes objections. — Bill Simmons
  • The lengthy section before the vampires appear is acknowledged as a plausible studio concern, countered by Coogler’s track record. — Wesley Morris
Sinners The Rewatchables

Flex pick · Van Lathan

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 02:12:00Read transcript
  • Clarksdale and the American South are praised for textured beauty and convincingly old buildings. — Van Lathan
  • A Mississippi drive past cotton fields illustrates the South’s brutal beauty and its uneasy historical associations. — Van Lathan
Sinners The Rewatchables
Sinners

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Vampires should bite anywhere; old Sammie could bargain for Mary

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 02:13:25Read transcript
  • Disliking the musical sequence is recalled as one participant's hottest take without a new one.
  • An intentionally outrageous hot take imagines old Sammie bargaining for sex with Mary and accepting others' deaths. — Van Lathan
  • Vampirism seems easy if any bite can turn someone; fixation on neck bites is questioned through mock tactical analysis. — Bill Simmons
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