277: Justin Halpern, Laremy Talk The Revenant, Amy Schumer, and the OscarsSoWhite Oscar Boycott

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The regular crew is out this week, but in their place I have Justin Halpern from Surviving Jack/Sh*t My Dad Says, and Whoop Dreams star and Seattle's finest film critic, Laremy Legel, not to mention a boat load of #Content. We talk The Revenant, Amy Schumer, Lights Camera Jackson, the #OscarsSoWhite and Oscars boycott, the Deadpool trailer, and make fun of the Oregon militia dudes' list of supplies. Enjoy!  2:14 - The new paradigm of Distracted TV Watching. What shows do you watch we're you're actually not looking at your phone? 4:25 - How the internet is making advertising even more terrible than before.10:40 - We break down the "Amy Schumer Is A Joke Thief" video. 14:50 - We discuss Lights Camera Jackson, his Amy Schumer joke, and him doing the same shtick for the last five years.25:00 - Justin tells us about going to Kevin Bacon's house.31:40 - The Revenant. The bear attack and the Indian attack: when something's badass enough that you stop caring about realism.38:26 - Justin and I talk 'The Witch.' Can a period movie be *too* realistic? 50:20 - #OscarsSoWhite. Specifically, how un self-aware do you have to be as a white person to write and "Actually" thinkpiece about which black people didn't actually get snubbed?56:40 - I make a case for crapping on certain movies without seeing them. 1:01:00 - The Deadpool trailer, and the phenomenon of nailing a jokey tone without making jokes. Also, the "fantasy studio exec" phenomenon among TV and comic fans. 1:11:00 - The Oregon militia dudes' list of requested supplies, such as "hay" and "money."