The ContrariansBonus!

How do you make a racist violent white man look good? You pair him with an uptight pretentious unfriendly black man. And then you rake in the awards! Past guest Eddie Strait joins Alex and Julio to discuss the most recent Best Picture Oscar Winner, GREEN BOOK, and such conundrums as where Viggo Mortensen’s Italian accent came from, why comedians think fried chicken is funny, and how Mississippi feels about not being able to live down its racist past. It’s the unofficial finale to our Awards Arc and it gets HEATED during Real Talk!

TIMELINE:

00:00:00 - 01:00:51 Contrarians Corner (#CC)

01:00:52 - 01:02:14 Job Interview

01:02:15 - 01:40:52 Real Talk

01:40:53 - 01:45:20 Plugs and see ya laters

PLUGS!

- Alex revisited SOURCE CODE and loved it even more.

- Eddie recommended the Netflix sketch show I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE and confessed his favorite MCU movie is ANT-MAN & THE WASP.

- Julio was still reeling from how much he adored AVENGERS: ENDGAME.

- The LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE 3 is coming up! We’ll join the show on May 18th. from 5pm to 6pm, EST, and we’ll be doing our Contrarians routine with a movie that will be revealed closer to the event!

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI.

Up next, we’ll release both of our Road To The Livestream bonus episodes at the same time: THE AFRICAN QUEEN and LONDON! Until then, let us know how you feel about GREEN BOOK! Was it as tone-deaf and offensive as some people say? Was it harmless and well-intentioned? Where do you fall on the KFC argument? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!