Conversations EP15 Hollywood movies, Jesus Revolution, The Whale, LGBT themes in film, Asians Win Oscars give best speeches

Conversations Episode 15 Chapter list
00:14 Congress investing based on insider information. Why did Moderna Stock Price Increase in 2020
03:14 Democrats said they wouldn’t have followed science if the vaccine released under Trump. Private industry insider trading laws don’t seem to apply to Washington DC insiders.
05:30 Watching the Oscars because of Everything Everywhere All at Once and because of Chris Rock. Best speeches were from the Asian winners.
09:17 Sherry happy Asian movies won but hopes it’s not a nod to the Chinese Communist Party. Hollywood always backs off on principles when money is threatened.
12:18 Jimmy Kimmel as host.
14:10 Diversity at the Oscars. Jamie Lee Curtis vs Robert DeNiro.
16:54 Wokeness in film. Diverse ethnicity in movies can be interesting but the LGBT angle is usually uninteresting.
21:31 Real people are complex. LGBT in film are usually stereotypical and even cliché. Ideological filmmakers view their work as profound and compelling to the unconvinced when it’s often far from it. In this way, LGBT in film is similar to Christian films.
24:20 Depression, obesity themes in “The Whale”. The label “fat shaming” vs truth about health risks.
28:26 Is Lizzo beautiful? Term fat shaming shouldn’t even exist. Don’t call an obese body beautiful. That forces others to decide whether to speak truthfully or lie and ignore severe health risks.
31:11 Leaving Las Vegas compared to The Whale. It’s not about the events that cause the addiction. Once in addiction it all becomes about the addiction. Focusing on those other factors is harmful to the addict because it subtly excuses the life-threatening problem.
33:40 Jesus Revolution.
36:50 60’s drug scene vs the Jesus Freaks. Lost people searching for meaning. Sherry found God in a similar way.
39:17 Lonnie Frisbee homosexuality. Did he fall away due to consumerist approach to Jesus?
41:30 Accurate portrayal of the 60’s drug scene?
43:00 Was it OK to leave Lonnie’s homosexuality out of the movie? The movie pace was very fast. Was the fallout really about Lonnie’s homosexuality? Employee problems are always rooted in trends and rarely about single events.
48:56 Lonnie made the ministry too much himself. Did he lose the initial religious “high”? Kelsey Grammar character was sincere. It would be out of character for that character to fire Lonnie for one thing. Greg Laurie was sincere. True Christians will be honest.
52:08 Jesus Revolution plot summary. Not theological or preachy. Christians are the good guys. Jesus’ true attitude towards the sinners.
54:40 Example of Wikipedia misleading: Shuttle explosion and Richard Feynman.
57:44 How did Sherry discover the gay part of Lonnie Frisbee’s story?
58:57 Funny close. We lost connection but we’re both talking.