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Hello and welcome back to Next of Gen on Elevate Springfield.
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I'm Ellie and I'm here with my dad.
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Why, hello, Ellie.
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Hi.
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Ready for another gorgeous day in downtown Springfield where we talk about whatever we want to talk about.
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Funny how we both said that at the same time and it wasn't planned at all.
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Trust.
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It is nice out though.
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Yeah, I'd prefer it to be colder, honestly.
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Yeah, well, we're getting there.
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I would not prefer it to be colder.
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Okay.
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Well I would rather it be warmer.
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You suck.
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You're just trying to push right pie.
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Push right by my opinions.
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I get it.
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I understand it's your I understand it's your episode there, but still, you know, you gotta let your guests have their opinions and at least talk about them.
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You don't feel like that's necessary.
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I don't recall asking.
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Uh you don't recall signing up for that.
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Well, I will ask you this.
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Have you seen any good movies lately?
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No new ones, really, I don't believe.
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Um I've seen I can't think of the last You went to Toy Story Five.
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Oh, that's right.
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That was the last one I actually saw in the theater, you know, quote unquote new movie.
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Yeah.
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That's the last one.
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It was good.
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It was good, but I can't say that I've seen a lot of well, rephrase that.
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There are some that have come out on Netflix or Prime Video that I've watched that are new.
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I wouldn't say any that are just absolutely fantastic, but there have been some new ones on there.
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Okay.
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Well, for me, I feel like this year has been a very big year for movies and the movie theater, definitely.
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Well, now that you say that, I do remember one, another one.
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Michael movie.
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That was this year, right?
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Yeah, that was a good one.
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I didn't go to the theater for it, but I saw we got it when it came out to buy.
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I mean, I can quote I haven't seen all of these, but I I have seen Michael, Spider-Man Brand New Day.
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I saw Toy Story Five, and besides that, there was also The Odyssey that was out, Obsession had a really big boom as well, a horror psychological film.
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And there were just a lot of a lot of big releases.
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Did I see the Spider-Man movie or was that a different one that I saw?
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A different Spider-Man?
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Did I see the new one?
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Or no?
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No, you didn't.
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Did you?
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Yeah, I saw it twice.
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At the theater?
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Yeah.
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So okay.
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I didn't go.
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So I guess, yeah, maybe that's an odd question to ask you if I have seen the movie or not, but I can't say that I watched any movies without you guys.
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So well, it was very interesting this year because Spider-Man Brand U Day and The Odyssey were both in theaters at the same time, and both of those films had Tom Holland and Zendaya in it as very big recurring characters in both of the movies.
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Yep, they're both in it.
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I didn't know that.
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Oh yeah.
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Zendaya was Athena.
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I don't know what Tom Holland did.
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I didn't see the Odyssey, but I don't know.
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I could not tell you.
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But it was pretty funny.
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It's like, wow, it's like you go to the theater, you just get Tom Holland and Zendaya.
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That's who doesn't want more Zendaya?
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But they are pretty good.
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They are, but it did bring up a broader question as to or a broader critique, I suppose, within movies lately, is that they cast the same actors in everything.
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Everything.
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Yeah.
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And I had seen some people talking about back in your day.
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Back in my day.
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Bringing that up again.
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Yeah.
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People would buy tickets for specific movie stars or movie stars were a very big thing.
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Is that true?
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Yes, definitely.
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That movie stars were a thing back then.
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Especially well, I mean, any there was a few big movie stars, but especially action action movie stars, you know, you just wanted in those films.
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Yeah, you just put their name on it and it was going to be a big, a big hit.
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Yes, definitely.
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Yeah.
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And you guys wanted them in those films, right?
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I would say yes, because the numbers showed it.
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Yeah, when they were in a movie, whoever those folks were, that was always it was almost always a hit.
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And you could say that for nowadays too, which this is not a Tom Holland and Zendaya hate cast.
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I love them.
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They're awesome.
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It's more of bringing up a broader discussion because there has been so many movies, yet you'll see the same like five faces over and over and over again, no matter what you do.
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And I think it's changed now to where people are just getting more annoyed with it.
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I mean, Tom Holidens and Day are very beloved, so not necessarily them, but other actors, they're in everything.
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Like, dare I say like Glenn Powell or something?
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I feel like he's in a lot.
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There's just there's a lot of actors that are in so much where it's like, okay, can we can we get some new things, please?
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And I also think it ties into voice acting too, because the art of voice acting has kind of died as well.
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Because voice acting used to be a very distinct profession.
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Like you gotta be really talented, you're really good.
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Nowadays, you just hire a celebrity, and it's fine, no matter if they give the character the amount of nuance and character as they should get.
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Because I have heard some very mediocre performances from celebrities for for voice acting characters.
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My favorite Zendaya movie might have might be the greatest showman.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Just thought I'd bring that up.
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It has nothing to do with what you just said.
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Thought I'd bring that up, you know, thought it was relevant to the conversation, but apparently not.
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Yeah, I guess it's not.
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So anything substantial to add to this conversation?
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I guess so.
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I guess I'll add something a little more substantial, other than maybe my favorite Zendaya film.
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Yeah.
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And maybe it's not because Zendaya is in it, it's just because I like the film and she happened to be in it.
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So do you think it's more a function of they're using the same people over and over again?
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Or is it a function of there doesn't seem to be a lot of new ideas when it comes to movies?
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Most movies out there are either recreations of old ones or just a continuation of a line, like all the Marvel movies just continue on and on and on.
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Yeah, and that brings me to another point.
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But yeah, I definitely, I definitely agree with that.
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I think most of it is because the franchises have been going on for so long.
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And then, you know, they're popular, so they get put in everything.
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It makes me think back to this one video that I saw recently when Tom Holland and Zunde were being interviewed by these kids, and these kids are like, You've been in Spider-Man films as long as we've been alive, and they're like, um, so that just reminded me of that.
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But I have seen New Faces lately, which is good.
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For example, Obsession.
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That was an indie movie and it blew up, which is awesome.
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And nobody had seen those actors before.
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It was great.
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I like indie movies.
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Same thing for the Rapunzel adaptation that's currently in production.
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Tegan Croft is playing live-action Rapunzel, and we haven't seen her in much.
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She is very much giving Regina George and Mean Girls from her looks.
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So we're gonna have to see how she embodies.
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I know she's a new face.
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So I think the public has definitely shifted to wanting new faces and fresh talent because it's just the same recurring thing over and over.
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And mostly for adaptations, it is again the same actors are being put in adaptations as well.
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So yeah, and I don't know.
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I guess when I was growing up, the big names that you could slap on any movie, and it would most likely be a hit at the time.
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Tom Cruise, he was a big one throughout with Mission Impossible and all that.
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Tom Hanks basically Toms.
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Basically anybody named Tom in Hollywood, right?
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So Tom Holland.
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Oh yeah, right.
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So Tom Hanks was huge in the nine eighties and nineties, but I think his biggest movies were probably in the nineties, and that's when it got to the point where it was like slap his name on anything and it'd probably be okay.
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Brad Pitt was a big one, George Clooney was a big one.
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And then on the female side, Meryl Streep or maybe Nicole Kidman, please people like that.
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Do you think that has to do with how they viewed those celebrities as well?
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Do you think it had to do with a certain type of prestige around them?
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I guess that these celebrities have high standards for what they're into.
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So it's like, oh, well, if they're if they're in it, it'll be good.
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Do you think it was anything like that?
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Or it was more nowadays where it's like it could be the worst movie ever, but Oh, they got that person in it.
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So I guess some people will go and watch it.
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Well, a little bit of both.
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A little bit of both.
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Another one I didn't mention, Denzel Washington in the 90s was huge and into the 2000s too.
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But 90s especially, put his name on anything, and it's gonna be a big hit.
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And for him in particular, he was a really good actor.
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I don't know that I've watched a movie with him that I was like, man, kind of phoned it in on that one.
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Yeah.
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Whereas some of the other big name actors, maybe there have been ones where I was like, probably not their best work.
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But so I think it's probably a mix.
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Some of them are just that good at their craft, and every movie they put out is pretty good.
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Right.
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And then there's other ones that's like, yeah, you're on there, you got the name, and it's gonna make some money, but that is not a very good movie.
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In my brain, what about the dichotomy between whatever they put out is good, maybe they do put out a lot of movies, versus okay, they're being casted in every movie just because of, you know, their name.
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Like, do you see the the difference in it?
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Like they're in a lot of movies because they're good, and those movies are always executed well.
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So when they're coming out with a new movie, it's like, yeah, that's their movie, it's good versus Other can everything no matter.
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Right.
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I I think when I think actors and actresses, I think when it doesn't hit, it's because they go away.
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A lot of times it's because they go away from what they're really good at.
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Like some actors and actresses are really great in the drama space or the thriller space, and then they go and try to do a comedy, and it's like not really, not really your jam.
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Or a comedy person going to do a thriller.
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There's been certain times in the past where a big comedian went and tried to do something more serious or dramatic, and it's it's almost like you can't see that person doing something serious because they've watched a lot of things.
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It's like Adam Sandler doing like a horror.
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Yeah, watching him do comedy for so long, it's like Kevin Hart.
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Just doesn't yeah, it just doesn't really yeah, Kevin Hart, all of his comedy stuff now.
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For him to do a truly dramatic, serious role, it's difficult.
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He'd probably do it.
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He's a good actor and all, but yeah, it would be difficult.
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I think he actually tried to release a song a few years ago, and people said he sounded like a singing mosquito.
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I didn't hear that.
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What kind of song was it?
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What kind of music did he do?
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He like had a guitar and it was in like black and white, I think.
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And it was like a slow, like melody type thing, and people said he sounded like a mosquito.
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Yeah, I did not see that.
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I do like Kevin Hart, he's funny.
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Yeah, his stand-up is funny.
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He's most of his movies I've seen have all been good.
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Yeah.
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But I think also now it's a little bit different just because the sheer amount of content out there.
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I don't think there's many that used to call him, you know, leading man or leading woman.
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I guess they still do to a degree, but that was In Hallmark movies.
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Yeah, that was the that was the term people used.
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It was, oh, this leading man, you get that person, he would, it's gonna be a hit, or you get this leading woman, it's gonna be a hit.
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I think there's just so much content out there right now that it's really hard for one particular actor or actress to really drive the ship on something to where it makes this big massive splash at the theaters.
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I think it's more difficult now.
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Whereas back when in the 90s, or like you like to say, back in my day in the 80s and 90s, there weren't as many content options.
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So when that big summer blockbuster came out or the big Christmas thing came out, it was the thing.
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Yeah, I agree with that.
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And you know, nowadays, if a really good actor or actress is in a really crappy movie, then people are like, oh, she out here doing side quests.
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Like, girl, what are you doing there?
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Like, you know, people are like, Well, what what are they doing there?
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This movie was so bad.
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Like, give her something better to do with her time, you know.
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They still crap on the movie, but even if the actor's good, they're like, Well, they did good with the material they were given, but it still sucks.
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Yeah, I just think it's a little it's just different.
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We consume content differently.
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I would say people don't watch as many movies as they used to.
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People watch more series and limited series on Netflix or seasons of whatever on Apple TV.
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I think people watch those more than they do movies anymore.
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Yeah.
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On a regular basis.
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I guess more what I'm talking about is the Hollywood space and why like why do we gotta see the same faces like over and over and over again?
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Because nobody really wants them either.
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Well, I think the answer to that is easier, even though pe well, it's easier, but people say they don't want it, but they don't reflect that with their choices.
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Because it comes out and they still go watch it.
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That is my biggest pet peeve in anything, because I'm in a lot of collecting spaces too.
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So the new American Girl doll will come out and or just a new doll will come out, and then collectors are like, I hate it, I hate it.
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But then they have it, yeah, and then they go buy it, and they have this thing in their brain that just they need like the dopamine rush, you know, of buying something and oh, I want to give in to the hype and just get it.
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And it makes me so mad because you hate it, don't buy it.
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I know we all have our weaknesses and strengths and things we need to work on, but it's always crazy to me when people are like, you know, I'm working on only buying things that I like, you know, and I'm like, yes, good, but in my brain, I'm just like, that's like the bare minimum.
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Yeah why would you buy something you don't like?
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I've regretted purchases, don't get me wrong.
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It's like a spur of the moment, you know, just take it and then I'm like, oh, I shouldn't have wasted my money on that.
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But to consistently be like, I'm gonna buy every single one of these, no matter if I like it or not, is crazy.
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I hate it.
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So well, yeah, and I think that's what that could be any industry.
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When an industry gets comfortable or when they know that no matter what I put out, people are still gonna watch or buy it.
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You know, that when a brand gets to that point, or when a studio or whoever, whatever the product or service is, when it gets to the point of doesn't really matter what if I do a phenomenal job or just an okay job, I'm gonna make the same amount of money on it.
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So when they get to that point, it's real easy for them to say, hmm, let's just cart Tom Holland out again, make it easy on us, and there we go.
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Well, yeah.
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I do think these actors do have standards for themselves, though.
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Like, I mean, if they want to make a quick buck, I mean nobody's blaming them if they want to go and do this crappy movie.
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But most of the time I feel like they are casted in good movies.
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And like, I don't want yeah, I don't want whoever's listening to this to think I'm like talking specifically about Spider-Man because obviously Tom Holland was casted as Spider-Man and they are they've all been really good movies too.
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I didn't watch the last movie.
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They are I'm not even good.
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I love Tom Holland and I love Zendaya.
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So this is not about them, they're just an example because it was so funny that two of the biggest movies in theaters at the exact same time had the two same actor and actress.
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I guess I didn't know.
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I didn't realize they were in the eyes.
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Yeah, they were in both.
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So it was just funny, but we all love them though.
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But my real gripes are with the other ones that are just in everything, they're voice acting, everything drives me nuts.
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So I guess it's yeah, it's a fact, it's a function of the studios getting maybe a little complacent, a little lazy.
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Yeah.
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Not enough new faces showing what they can do, and then consumers still supporting it anyway.
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Yeah.
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And with your point about, you know, oh, I can put out whatever I want, and people will still buy it and listen to it.
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This is very off topic.
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However, this is where Taylor Swift is at right now.
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Yeah.
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Because she just released because wait a minute, hold on.
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You got on me earlier for going slightly off topic, and now you're taking a hard no, I said I said I was going off topic.
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Okay.
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So it's okay then, I guess.
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It was because I had a very well-constructed rant that I just went through, and then you were like, My favorite Zundaho movie is the greatest showman.
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I was like, good for you, buddy.
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Hey, I felt like it fit.
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Just because it wasn't quite as polished as the rant you gave out on your monologue doesn't mean that it didn't fit the the conversation.
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Sound like that one audio that's like, I like apples and bananas.
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Well, if you put it that way, yeah, you're making me sound a little uneducated on my on my topic, but that's all right.
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Anyway, go ahead with your hardware.
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Yeah, thank you.
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That's where I feel like Taylor Swift is at right now.
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Better be good.
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About a year ago, she released The Life of the Showgirl, and that album had a lot of backlash because it wasn't very good.
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I was gonna ask you, was that an album or a movie?
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It was an album.
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Okay.
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And it was when she was dating Travis Kelsey at that point.
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They're not married now.
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And she released that and it got a lot of backlash from critics because it just wasn't great.
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It was very cringy.
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And, you know, the Swifties were all like, oh, it's it's it's meant to be cringy.
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Like they're in a psychosis right now, honestly.
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Because they're like, it's meant to be bad.
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Like, if we're going into the bandwagon of it's meant to be cringy and bad, and there's so much of satire, guys.
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I don't believe you fully.
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I like I'm I don't doubt that some of it was meant to be, you know, oh, that's stupid, poking fun, be funny, but most of it was just plain cringe.
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And she released the life of the showgirl with the encore.
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So she released like four or five new songs, and those were even worse.
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And you can tell she did not listen to critics or even the fans, because Life of the Showgirl, that album was her most hated among her own fans.
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The fans of her didn't even really like it that much.
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So to like not listen to anybody and double down on that is crazy, and it is so bad.
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And she's to the point where, you know, she's so big that whatever I release.
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I mean, people might hate it, but all my Swifties are still gonna buy it, even if the Swifties hate it.
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Like I was literally listening to a YouTuber, his name is the Swiftologist, his whole thing is Taylor Swift, and he hated it.
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And he it was like a whole debunking like hate video on the Encore because it was just bad.
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It was so bad.
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Travis Kelsey is not a good muse, it is so bad.
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You know what though?
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I like Travis Kelsey.
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I know, I know, but her songs about this man are horrendous to say the least.
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Travis Kelsey's a good football player.
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah.
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I'm more of a Patrick Mahomes girl, but okay.
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See if I can get you to get on me again.
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With my with a little just a little one-liner, just means nothing to the conversation, but yeah.
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So Travis Kelsey's one of the best tight ends of all time.
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Yeah, anyway.
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As I'm on this, I'm just gonna say a little bit more about Taylor Swift because I want to.
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You had a pretty good game the other.
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Dad.
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Who?
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Travis Kelsey.
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Who asked?
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I I thought you did, but so you know, to just see her double down on this album that nobody liked and that was genuinely like not written well when she is known for her really poetic, good lyrics over the years is kind of crazy.
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But the thing that rubbed me the wrong way the most was that there have been many things that she's done recently that people have not agreed with that I don't agree with and that make me not like her very much.
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And her songs are not when she's referring to the haters, she's referring to they, they don't want me to see me happy or married.
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It's like she's in her own bubble, I guess, and she doesn't actually know what people are mad at her for.
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She's just like, oh, the haters, they hate to see me married and happy, and well, he could date somebody younger and blah, blah, blah.
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Not to mention her song about the haters really did seem like she believed that stuff because of how she wrote it.
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I don't hate Taylor Swift.
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I don't hate Taylor Swift either.
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She's very out of touch, especially right now.
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She Just in her own little bubble, and she's like, Oh, the the haters just hate my relationship, instead of taking the time to actually understand what the critiques are of the album.
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Is she required to listen to the critiques though?
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Here we go.
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No, she's not.
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But if you're gonna write a song about the haters, if people are hating on you or mad at you for much deeper and nuanced things than what you're writing about in your songs, it's like, okay, you're very out of touch.
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Like nobody's mad at you because you got married and you're happy.
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And you know, the whole song from the encore is like, ha, in your face.
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I'm wearing white and he likes me and he blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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It's like in your face.
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Nobody's saying that though.
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Like the it's it's kind of like imaginary haters and imaginary critiques that she's singing about versus what the reality is that people are mad at her for.
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Gotcha.
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Or maybe it's just a song that getting on your nerve today, aren't I?
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Yeah.
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Uh-huh.
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So all of that to say that that ties into your point about how she's just so big right now that she can put out whatever she wants, even if it's straight garbage.
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That's what happens to most industries, I guess.
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I mean, a lot of different industries, whether it's music, movies, even products, you know, clothes.
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Once a brand gets big enough, they could just start putting out junk, people still buy it.
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Which is why the quote, remember where you came from, is so important because I'm sick.
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Remember the remember the 10x?
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It's not really a quote, but 10x of in terms of when it comes to haters.
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What?
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You love me today, don't you?
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What?
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Am I on one today?
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What?
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Yeah, you're on something.
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Well, it's when you have haters, it's a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
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This is like the Zendaya thing part two.
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That is not what I was talking about.
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I know.
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I'm just having fun messing with you.
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I'm just having fun messing with you today.
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I'm seeing how many just little one-liners I can just dink right there that kind of make sense but kind of don't, to watch you just look at me with basically like every political conversation is kind of makes sense, but it really doesn't.
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Yeah, watch you look at me with those eyes like what are you doing?
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Something like that.
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But yeah, so I guess a takeaway would be don't get complacent, right?
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Maybe.
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Would that be a takeaway for today?
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Yeah.
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Don't get complacent.
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Give us new faces in Hollywood.
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We want them.
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Obsession is proof that we want new storylines, new faces, new actors.
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And we literally made her famous, too.
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And maybe bring back Sylvester Stallone.
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Who?
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Rocky.
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Okay.
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Now he's been good in the Creed movies, so he's already been brought back.
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He's good.
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Yeah.
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Fun fun.
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Well, thank you for joining us on NextGen on Elevate Springfield.
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Hello and welcome back to Next of Gen on Elevate Springfield.
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I'm Ellie and I'm here with my dad.
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Why, hello, Ellie.
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Hi.
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Ready for another gorgeous day in downtown Springfield where we talk about whatever we want to talk about.
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Funny how we both said that at the same time and it wasn't planned at all.
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Trust.
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It is nice out though.
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Yeah, I'd prefer it to be colder, honestly.
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Yeah, well, we're getting there.
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I would not prefer it to be colder.
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Okay.
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Well I would rather it be warmer.
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You suck.
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You're just trying to push right pie.
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Push right by my opinions.
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I get it.
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I understand it's your I understand it's your episode there, but still, you know, you gotta let your guests have their opinions and at least talk about them.
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You don't feel like that's necessary.
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I don't recall asking.
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Uh you don't recall signing up for that.
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Well, I will ask you this.
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Have you seen any good movies lately?
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No new ones, really, I don't believe.
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Um I've seen I can't think of the last You went to Toy Story Five.
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Oh, that's right.
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That was the last one I actually saw in the theater, you know, quote unquote new movie.
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Yeah.
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That's the last one.
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It was good.
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It was good, but I can't say that I've seen a lot of well, rephrase that.
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There are some that have come out on Netflix or Prime Video that I've watched that are new.
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I wouldn't say any that are just absolutely fantastic, but there have been some new ones on there.
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Okay.
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Well, for me, I feel like this year has been a very big year for movies and the movie theater, definitely.
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Well, now that you say that, I do remember one, another one.
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Michael movie.
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That was this year, right?
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Yeah, that was a good one.
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I didn't go to the theater for it, but I saw we got it when it came out to buy.
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I mean, I can quote I haven't seen all of these, but I I have seen Michael, Spider-Man Brand New Day.
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I saw Toy Story Five, and besides that, there was also The Odyssey that was out, Obsession had a really big boom as well, a horror psychological film.
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And there were just a lot of a lot of big releases.
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Did I see the Spider-Man movie or was that a different one that I saw?
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A different Spider-Man?
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Did I see the new one?
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Or no?
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No, you didn't.
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Did you?
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Yeah, I saw it twice.
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At the theater?
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Yeah.
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So okay.
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I didn't go.
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So I guess, yeah, maybe that's an odd question to ask you if I have seen the movie or not, but I can't say that I watched any movies without you guys.
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So well, it was very interesting this year because Spider-Man Brand U Day and The Odyssey were both in theaters at the same time, and both of those films had Tom Holland and Zendaya in it as very big recurring characters in both of the movies.
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Yep, they're both in it.
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I didn't know that.
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Oh yeah.
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Zendaya was Athena.
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I don't know what Tom Holland did.
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I didn't see the Odyssey, but I don't know.
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I could not tell you.
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But it was pretty funny.
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It's like, wow, it's like you go to the theater, you just get Tom Holland and Zendaya.
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That's who doesn't want more Zendaya?
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But they are pretty good.
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They are, but it did bring up a broader question as to or a broader critique, I suppose, within movies lately, is that they cast the same actors in everything.
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Everything.
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Yeah.
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And I had seen some people talking about back in your day.
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Back in my day.
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Bringing that up again.
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Yeah.
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People would buy tickets for specific movie stars or movie stars were a very big thing.
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Is that true?
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Yes, definitely.
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That movie stars were a thing back then.
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Especially well, I mean, any there was a few big movie stars, but especially action action movie stars, you know, you just wanted in those films.
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Yeah, you just put their name on it and it was going to be a big, a big hit.
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Yes, definitely.
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Yeah.
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And you guys wanted them in those films, right?
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I would say yes, because the numbers showed it.
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Yeah, when they were in a movie, whoever those folks were, that was always it was almost always a hit.
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And you could say that for nowadays too, which this is not a Tom Holland and Zendaya hate cast.
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I love them.
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They're awesome.
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It's more of bringing up a broader discussion because there has been so many movies, yet you'll see the same like five faces over and over and over again, no matter what you do.
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And I think it's changed now to where people are just getting more annoyed with it.
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I mean, Tom Holidens and Day are very beloved, so not necessarily them, but other actors, they're in everything.
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Like, dare I say like Glenn Powell or something?
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I feel like he's in a lot.
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There's just there's a lot of actors that are in so much where it's like, okay, can we can we get some new things, please?
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And I also think it ties into voice acting too, because the art of voice acting has kind of died as well.
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Because voice acting used to be a very distinct profession.
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Like you gotta be really talented, you're really good.
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Nowadays, you just hire a celebrity, and it's fine, no matter if they give the character the amount of nuance and character as they should get.
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Because I have heard some very mediocre performances from celebrities for for voice acting characters.
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My favorite Zendaya movie might have might be the greatest showman.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Just thought I'd bring that up.
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It has nothing to do with what you just said.
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Thought I'd bring that up, you know, thought it was relevant to the conversation, but apparently not.
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Yeah, I guess it's not.
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So anything substantial to add to this conversation?
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I guess so.
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I guess I'll add something a little more substantial, other than maybe my favorite Zendaya film.
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Yeah.
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And maybe it's not because Zendaya is in it, it's just because I like the film and she happened to be in it.
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So do you think it's more a function of they're using the same people over and over again?
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Or is it a function of there doesn't seem to be a lot of new ideas when it comes to movies?
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Most movies out there are either recreations of old ones or just a continuation of a line, like all the Marvel movies just continue on and on and on.
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Yeah, and that brings me to another point.
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But yeah, I definitely, I definitely agree with that.
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I think most of it is because the franchises have been going on for so long.
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And then, you know, they're popular, so they get put in everything.
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It makes me think back to this one video that I saw recently when Tom Holland and Zunde were being interviewed by these kids, and these kids are like, You've been in Spider-Man films as long as we've been alive, and they're like, um, so that just reminded me of that.
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But I have seen New Faces lately, which is good.
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For example, Obsession.
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That was an indie movie and it blew up, which is awesome.
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And nobody had seen those actors before.
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It was great.
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I like indie movies.
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Same thing for the Rapunzel adaptation that's currently in production.
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Tegan Croft is playing live-action Rapunzel, and we haven't seen her in much.
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She is very much giving Regina George and Mean Girls from her looks.
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So we're gonna have to see how she embodies.
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I know she's a new face.
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So I think the public has definitely shifted to wanting new faces and fresh talent because it's just the same recurring thing over and over.
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And mostly for adaptations, it is again the same actors are being put in adaptations as well.
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So yeah, and I don't know.
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I guess when I was growing up, the big names that you could slap on any movie, and it would most likely be a hit at the time.
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Tom Cruise, he was a big one throughout with Mission Impossible and all that.
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Tom Hanks basically Toms.
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Basically anybody named Tom in Hollywood, right?
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So Tom Holland.
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Oh yeah, right.
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So Tom Hanks was huge in the nine eighties and nineties, but I think his biggest movies were probably in the nineties, and that's when it got to the point where it was like slap his name on anything and it'd probably be okay.
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Brad Pitt was a big one, George Clooney was a big one.
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And then on the female side, Meryl Streep or maybe Nicole Kidman, please people like that.
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Do you think that has to do with how they viewed those celebrities as well?
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Do you think it had to do with a certain type of prestige around them?
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I guess that these celebrities have high standards for what they're into.
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So it's like, oh, well, if they're if they're in it, it'll be good.
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Do you think it was anything like that?
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Or it was more nowadays where it's like it could be the worst movie ever, but Oh, they got that person in it.
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So I guess some people will go and watch it.
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Well, a little bit of both.
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A little bit of both.
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Another one I didn't mention, Denzel Washington in the 90s was huge and into the 2000s too.
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But 90s especially, put his name on anything, and it's gonna be a big hit.
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And for him in particular, he was a really good actor.
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I don't know that I've watched a movie with him that I was like, man, kind of phoned it in on that one.
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Yeah.
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Whereas some of the other big name actors, maybe there have been ones where I was like, probably not their best work.
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But so I think it's probably a mix.
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Some of them are just that good at their craft, and every movie they put out is pretty good.
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Right.
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And then there's other ones that's like, yeah, you're on there, you got the name, and it's gonna make some money, but that is not a very good movie.
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In my brain, what about the dichotomy between whatever they put out is good, maybe they do put out a lot of movies, versus okay, they're being casted in every movie just because of, you know, their name.
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Like, do you see the the difference in it?
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Like they're in a lot of movies because they're good, and those movies are always executed well.
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So when they're coming out with a new movie, it's like, yeah, that's their movie, it's good versus Other can everything no matter.
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Right.
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I I think when I think actors and actresses, I think when it doesn't hit, it's because they go away.
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A lot of times it's because they go away from what they're really good at.
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Like some actors and actresses are really great in the drama space or the thriller space, and then they go and try to do a comedy, and it's like not really, not really your jam.
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Or a comedy person going to do a thriller.
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There's been certain times in the past where a big comedian went and tried to do something more serious or dramatic, and it's it's almost like you can't see that person doing something serious because they've watched a lot of things.
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It's like Adam Sandler doing like a horror.
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Yeah, watching him do comedy for so long, it's like Kevin Hart.
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Just doesn't yeah, it just doesn't really yeah, Kevin Hart, all of his comedy stuff now.
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For him to do a truly dramatic, serious role, it's difficult.
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He'd probably do it.
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He's a good actor and all, but yeah, it would be difficult.
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I think he actually tried to release a song a few years ago, and people said he sounded like a singing mosquito.
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I didn't hear that.
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What kind of song was it?
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What kind of music did he do?
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He like had a guitar and it was in like black and white, I think.
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And it was like a slow, like melody type thing, and people said he sounded like a mosquito.
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Yeah, I did not see that.
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I do like Kevin Hart, he's funny.
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Yeah, his stand-up is funny.
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He's most of his movies I've seen have all been good.
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Yeah.
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But I think also now it's a little bit different just because the sheer amount of content out there.
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I don't think there's many that used to call him, you know, leading man or leading woman.
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I guess they still do to a degree, but that was In Hallmark movies.
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Yeah, that was the that was the term people used.
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It was, oh, this leading man, you get that person, he would, it's gonna be a hit, or you get this leading woman, it's gonna be a hit.
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I think there's just so much content out there right now that it's really hard for one particular actor or actress to really drive the ship on something to where it makes this big massive splash at the theaters.
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I think it's more difficult now.
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Whereas back when in the 90s, or like you like to say, back in my day in the 80s and 90s, there weren't as many content options.
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So when that big summer blockbuster came out or the big Christmas thing came out, it was the thing.
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Yeah, I agree with that.
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And you know, nowadays, if a really good actor or actress is in a really crappy movie, then people are like, oh, she out here doing side quests.
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Like, girl, what are you doing there?
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Like, you know, people are like, Well, what what are they doing there?
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This movie was so bad.
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Like, give her something better to do with her time, you know.
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They still crap on the movie, but even if the actor's good, they're like, Well, they did good with the material they were given, but it still sucks.
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Yeah, I just think it's a little it's just different.
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We consume content differently.
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I would say people don't watch as many movies as they used to.
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People watch more series and limited series on Netflix or seasons of whatever on Apple TV.
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I think people watch those more than they do movies anymore.
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Yeah.
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On a regular basis.
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I guess more what I'm talking about is the Hollywood space and why like why do we gotta see the same faces like over and over and over again?
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Because nobody really wants them either.
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Well, I think the answer to that is easier, even though pe well, it's easier, but people say they don't want it, but they don't reflect that with their choices.
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Because it comes out and they still go watch it.
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That is my biggest pet peeve in anything, because I'm in a lot of collecting spaces too.
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So the new American Girl doll will come out and or just a new doll will come out, and then collectors are like, I hate it, I hate it.
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But then they have it, yeah, and then they go buy it, and they have this thing in their brain that just they need like the dopamine rush, you know, of buying something and oh, I want to give in to the hype and just get it.
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And it makes me so mad because you hate it, don't buy it.
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I know we all have our weaknesses and strengths and things we need to work on, but it's always crazy to me when people are like, you know, I'm working on only buying things that I like, you know, and I'm like, yes, good, but in my brain, I'm just like, that's like the bare minimum.
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Yeah why would you buy something you don't like?
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I've regretted purchases, don't get me wrong.
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It's like a spur of the moment, you know, just take it and then I'm like, oh, I shouldn't have wasted my money on that.
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But to consistently be like, I'm gonna buy every single one of these, no matter if I like it or not, is crazy.
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I hate it.
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So well, yeah, and I think that's what that could be any industry.
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When an industry gets comfortable or when they know that no matter what I put out, people are still gonna watch or buy it.
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You know, that when a brand gets to that point, or when a studio or whoever, whatever the product or service is, when it gets to the point of doesn't really matter what if I do a phenomenal job or just an okay job, I'm gonna make the same amount of money on it.
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So when they get to that point, it's real easy for them to say, hmm, let's just cart Tom Holland out again, make it easy on us, and there we go.
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Well, yeah.
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I do think these actors do have standards for themselves, though.
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Like, I mean, if they want to make a quick buck, I mean nobody's blaming them if they want to go and do this crappy movie.
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But most of the time I feel like they are casted in good movies.
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And like, I don't want yeah, I don't want whoever's listening to this to think I'm like talking specifically about Spider-Man because obviously Tom Holland was casted as Spider-Man and they are they've all been really good movies too.
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I didn't watch the last movie.
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They are I'm not even good.
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I love Tom Holland and I love Zendaya.
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So this is not about them, they're just an example because it was so funny that two of the biggest movies in theaters at the exact same time had the two same actor and actress.
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I guess I didn't know.
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I didn't realize they were in the eyes.
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Yeah, they were in both.
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So it was just funny, but we all love them though.
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But my real gripes are with the other ones that are just in everything, they're voice acting, everything drives me nuts.
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So I guess it's yeah, it's a fact, it's a function of the studios getting maybe a little complacent, a little lazy.
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Yeah.
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Not enough new faces showing what they can do, and then consumers still supporting it anyway.
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Yeah.
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And with your point about, you know, oh, I can put out whatever I want, and people will still buy it and listen to it.
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This is very off topic.
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However, this is where Taylor Swift is at right now.
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Yeah.
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Because she just released because wait a minute, hold on.
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You got on me earlier for going slightly off topic, and now you're taking a hard no, I said I said I was going off topic.
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Okay.
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So it's okay then, I guess.
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It was because I had a very well-constructed rant that I just went through, and then you were like, My favorite Zundaho movie is the greatest showman.
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I was like, good for you, buddy.
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Hey, I felt like it fit.
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Just because it wasn't quite as polished as the rant you gave out on your monologue doesn't mean that it didn't fit the the conversation.
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Sound like that one audio that's like, I like apples and bananas.
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Well, if you put it that way, yeah, you're making me sound a little uneducated on my on my topic, but that's all right.
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Anyway, go ahead with your hardware.
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Yeah, thank you.
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That's where I feel like Taylor Swift is at right now.
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Better be good.
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About a year ago, she released The Life of the Showgirl, and that album had a lot of backlash because it wasn't very good.
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I was gonna ask you, was that an album or a movie?
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It was an album.
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Okay.
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And it was when she was dating Travis Kelsey at that point.
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They're not married now.
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And she released that and it got a lot of backlash from critics because it just wasn't great.
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It was very cringy.
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And, you know, the Swifties were all like, oh, it's it's it's meant to be cringy.
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Like they're in a psychosis right now, honestly.
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Because they're like, it's meant to be bad.
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Like, if we're going into the bandwagon of it's meant to be cringy and bad, and there's so much of satire, guys.
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I don't believe you fully.
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I like I'm I don't doubt that some of it was meant to be, you know, oh, that's stupid, poking fun, be funny, but most of it was just plain cringe.
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And she released the life of the showgirl with the encore.
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So she released like four or five new songs, and those were even worse.
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And you can tell she did not listen to critics or even the fans, because Life of the Showgirl, that album was her most hated among her own fans.
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The fans of her didn't even really like it that much.
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So to like not listen to anybody and double down on that is crazy, and it is so bad.
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And she's to the point where, you know, she's so big that whatever I release.
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I mean, people might hate it, but all my Swifties are still gonna buy it, even if the Swifties hate it.
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Like I was literally listening to a YouTuber, his name is the Swiftologist, his whole thing is Taylor Swift, and he hated it.
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And he it was like a whole debunking like hate video on the Encore because it was just bad.
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It was so bad.
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Travis Kelsey is not a good muse, it is so bad.
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You know what though?
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I like Travis Kelsey.
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I know, I know, but her songs about this man are horrendous to say the least.
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Travis Kelsey's a good football player.
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah.
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I'm more of a Patrick Mahomes girl, but okay.
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See if I can get you to get on me again.
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With my with a little just a little one-liner, just means nothing to the conversation, but yeah.
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So Travis Kelsey's one of the best tight ends of all time.
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Yeah, anyway.
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As I'm on this, I'm just gonna say a little bit more about Taylor Swift because I want to.
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You had a pretty good game the other.
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Dad.
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Who?
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Travis Kelsey.
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Who asked?
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I I thought you did, but so you know, to just see her double down on this album that nobody liked and that was genuinely like not written well when she is known for her really poetic, good lyrics over the years is kind of crazy.
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But the thing that rubbed me the wrong way the most was that there have been many things that she's done recently that people have not agreed with that I don't agree with and that make me not like her very much.
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And her songs are not when she's referring to the haters, she's referring to they, they don't want me to see me happy or married.
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It's like she's in her own bubble, I guess, and she doesn't actually know what people are mad at her for.
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She's just like, oh, the haters, they hate to see me married and happy, and well, he could date somebody younger and blah, blah, blah.
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Not to mention her song about the haters really did seem like she believed that stuff because of how she wrote it.
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I don't hate Taylor Swift.
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I don't hate Taylor Swift either.
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She's very out of touch, especially right now.
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She Just in her own little bubble, and she's like, Oh, the the haters just hate my relationship, instead of taking the time to actually understand what the critiques are of the album.
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Is she required to listen to the critiques though?
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Here we go.
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No, she's not.
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But if you're gonna write a song about the haters, if people are hating on you or mad at you for much deeper and nuanced things than what you're writing about in your songs, it's like, okay, you're very out of touch.
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Like nobody's mad at you because you got married and you're happy.
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And you know, the whole song from the encore is like, ha, in your face.
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I'm wearing white and he likes me and he blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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It's like in your face.
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Nobody's saying that though.
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Like the it's it's kind of like imaginary haters and imaginary critiques that she's singing about versus what the reality is that people are mad at her for.
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Gotcha.
00:22:54.000 --> 00:23:00.799
Or maybe it's just a song that getting on your nerve today, aren't I?
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Yeah.
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Uh-huh.
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So all of that to say that that ties into your point about how she's just so big right now that she can put out whatever she wants, even if it's straight garbage.
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That's what happens to most industries, I guess.
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I mean, a lot of different industries, whether it's music, movies, even products, you know, clothes.
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Once a brand gets big enough, they could just start putting out junk, people still buy it.
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Which is why the quote, remember where you came from, is so important because I'm sick.
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Remember the remember the 10x?
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It's not really a quote, but 10x of in terms of when it comes to haters.
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What?
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You love me today, don't you?
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What?
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Am I on one today?
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What?
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Yeah, you're on something.
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Well, it's when you have haters, it's a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
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This is like the Zendaya thing part two.
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That is not what I was talking about.
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I know.
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I'm just having fun messing with you.
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I'm just having fun messing with you today.
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I'm seeing how many just little one-liners I can just dink right there that kind of make sense but kind of don't, to watch you just look at me with basically like every political conversation is kind of makes sense, but it really doesn't.
00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:16.400
Yeah, watch you look at me with those eyes like what are you doing?
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Something like that.
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But yeah, so I guess a takeaway would be don't get complacent, right?
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Maybe.
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Would that be a takeaway for today?
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Yeah.
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Don't get complacent.
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Give us new faces in Hollywood.
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We want them.
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Obsession is proof that we want new storylines, new faces, new actors.
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And we literally made her famous, too.
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And maybe bring back Sylvester Stallone.
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Who?
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Rocky.
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Okay.
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Now he's been good in the Creed movies, so he's already been brought back.
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He's good.
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Yeah.
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Fun fun.
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Well, thank you for joining us on NextGen on Elevate Springfield.
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See you next time.
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