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You asked for it and it\u2019s finally here! To close the year, we are doing another Listeners\u2019 Choice episode and the landslide victor is 2018\u2032s\u00a0Widows<\/i>. The follow-up to Steve McQueen\u2019s Best Picture winning\u00a012 Years a Slave<\/i>,\u00a0Widows\u00a0<\/i>places Viola Davis at the head of a group of Chicago women caught in the middle of political corruption when their husbands all go down in a heist gone wrong. Highly received by early critics (including your hosts), the film disappointed at the box office and stumbled throughout the precursor season. Now and forever, Justice For\u00a0Widows<\/i>!<\/p>\n
This episode, we go into the film\u2019s mixed receptions by audiences expecting something more in line with traditional heist fare and 2018\u2032s disconnect between the films that emerged most victorious and the film\u2019s left on the outside. We also discuss the film\u2019s incisive look at Chicago, Brian Tyree Henry\u2019s incredible 2018, and how Disney\u2019s acquisition of 20th Century Fox left this film underserved by its studio.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Robert Duvall yelling\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m old!\u201d, the\u00a0Bird Box<\/i>\u00a0phenomenon, and what other contenders came close in your Listeners\u2019 Choice votes.<\/p>\n
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