Ep 225: A Marvel-ous episode

<p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p>00:01 - Introduction</p><p>04:09 - <em>Black Widow</em></p><p>10:05 - <em>Loki</em></p><p>19:19 - Subscriber letters</p><p>22:49 - <em>Shang-Chi</em></p><p>31:28 - <em>Red Sparrow</em></p><p>36:36 - Cadbury ad</p><p>52:34 - Subscriber letters</p><p>1:05:03 - <em>WandaVision</em></p><br><p><em>Talking about the character Wenwu played by Tony Leung in the film </em>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:</p><p><strong>Mansa: </strong>Tony Leung<em> </em>(“luhng”)<em> </em>is a scene stealer, pardon if I’m pronouncing his name incorrectly.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan:</strong> You are sitting with Abhinandan and you’re apologising for the pronunciation? Like seriously!</p><p><strong>Inderpreet:</strong> It’s Tony Leung (“loong”).</p><p><strong>Mansa:</strong> Really? He <em>Wenwu</em>’ed us with his performance.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan:</strong> In fact when he appeared in that other film...</p><p><strong>Mansa: </strong>He’s known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>No no no. Leung...He did a song ya, with Deepika Padukone. <em>Lungi dance, Lungi dance</em> (sings).&nbsp;</p><p><em>Inderpreet bursts out laughing.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>I wish our listeners could see the look on Mansa’s face. She’s like “<em>Kaha baitha diya</em> <em>uncle ke saath, itne bhadde joke</em>.”</p><p>This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and <em>Newslaundry</em> subscribers Inderpreet and Mansa enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the films <em>Shang-Chi </em>and <em>Black Widow</em>; and web series <em>Loki</em> and <em>WandaVision</em>. They also discuss the thriller <em>Red Sparrow</em>. Abhinandan is also joined by the creators of the 2021 Cadbury cricket ad, which is a remake of the 1993 advertising classic.</p><p>PS: Don’t miss Abhinandan’s encounter with Gen Z.</p><p>Write to us at <a href="https://www.newslaundry.com/podcast-letters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newslaundry.com