In this episode, co-founder and reporter for the Free Press, Suzy Weiss, joins Virginia and Germán to discuss the most recent battle between artistic merit and popularity, brought about by Hollywood’s favorite new superstar: Timothée Chalamet. Is he right about opera, ballet, and film? What does taste look like in the twenty-first century? Does Alysa Liu make real art? How do we justify pop-culture commentary? Do Anthony Bourdain haters have a point?
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