How The Odyssey Won The Culture War
7/20/202654 min
Did Elon Musk’s attack on The Odyssey backfire? Is Netflix in trouble with Wall Street? Why did the Mickey Mouse Club produce so many pop stars?
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sailed to an enormous opening weekend and rave reviews. Has it made its MAGA critics look stupid?
Despite rising viewing figures, Netflix’s stock has plummeted. Is this a problem for the streaming giant?
Disney+ is rebooting the Mickey Mouse Club, which launched the careers of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. Can it pull it off again?
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First 90 secondsMarina Hyde· Host0:00
The Rest is Entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy.
Richard Osman· Host0:03
Now we're gonna be talking about an expression which I hadn't heard till seven seconds ago, which is someone getting their flowers. Can you tell me what that means?
Marina Hyde· Host0:09
Well, it means, like, you've been around a long time, but people suddenly think, "Hang on a second, you're amazing and you should be recognized."
Richard Osman· Host0:15
So you're finally getting your due.
Marina Hyde· Host0:17
You're d- You're, you're, you're getting your flowers ... yeah, you're finally getting, and, and you're being garlanded. Now, I would say someone like this is someone like Jean Smart, who plays- Oh, yeah ... the lead in Hacks. She plays Deborah Vance. Okay, Jean Smart is extraordinary. She did a huge amount of TV and stage work, and there was a sense that she was sort of always brilliant, but then this one role came along, Deborah Vance in Hacks. They literally just give her the Emmy every year now.
Richard Osman· Host0:39
Like every year.
Marina Hyde· Host0:39
She gets her, she gets her flowers every year. She gets her Emmy every year. As we always talk about Octopus' customer service, your, your account's run by about 10 or 12 people. You've got a small team, and they can- They know who you are. Yes, and they are permitted to send flowers every week to a customer who might just be going through something, whatever it is. So they can recognize that it's not an apology, it's just because someone was going through something, and they, you get your flowers.
Richard Osman· Host1:01
Another example of they seem to do business in a very interesting and customer-focused way. Imagine if Jean Smart is an Octopus customer, might get her flowers twice.
Marina Hyde· Host1:09
Yeah, every week.
Speaker 31:11
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