Christine La Monte makes E & McGee clean up their act for the opera! E plays an overeager Pierrot, McGee stays grounded while bringing up the sun, and Christine stops by from the red carpet to bring the watchers a few Oscar-qualifying documentaries covering artist, activist Ai WeiWei’s reinvention of Turnadot & the home composer Giuseppe Verdi built.
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MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:
AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT (2025) Trailer
VIVA VERDI! (2024) Trailer
TABLE OF CONTENTS: (Timestamps are approx.)
Ai WeiWei’s Turandot (2025) (00:08:50)
Viva Verdi! (2024) (00:19:37)
Black Orpheus (1959) Exit Interview [Non-Spoilers] (00:36:57)
Focus Group [Spoilers] (00:47:48)
Under The Lights (00:58:04)
Behind the Lens (01:08:30)
CALL SHEET:
Ai WeiWei’s Turandot (2025)
Dir. Maxim Derevianko
Starring: Chiang Ching, Oksana Lyniv, & Ai Weiwei
Viva Verdi! (2024)
Dir. Yvonne Russo
Starring: Claudio Giombi, Chitose Matsumoto, & Tina Aliprandi
Black Orpheus (1959)
Dir. Marcel Camus
Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveria, & Lea Garcia
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