On this episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask whether Dave Chappelle, his new special, and the way Netflix has handled internal and external fallout from its airing, are controversies, or nontroversies. Then the gang reviews The Last Duel, a/k/a Medieval Me Too. (For more on The Last Duel, you can read Sonny here, Alyssa here, and Peter here.) Make sure to listen all the way to end for a special programming note! And check out our bonus episode on our favorite Ridley Scott movies. There are so many to choose from!
Thank you for a great review. As a student of history, I was concerned this movie might miss the more nuanced aspects of the time in which the incident occurred. Leave it to Ridley Scott to leave the historical aspects in place while also tackling modern mores and norms. I'm looking forward to watching this on the big screen. It will be the first movie I've seen in theatres since Christmas Day 2019.
Can we also talk about how bad the name of the movie is? I mean the marketing started from the beginning.
I think it's actually a pretty good name, IF you emphasize the action in the ad campaign. Like "shit got so crazy they had to end a whole system of jurisprudence in response!"
Maybe I am just too literal, I mean Scott directed "The Duellists" which takes place later historically
He also suggested the Roman Republic was restored at the end of GLADIATOR!