Movie Review: My Cousin Vinny [TEASER]

Hey everyone, this is Leon from Prologue Projects.

Today is Election Day in America.

And if you're anything like Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael, you might be feeling some anxiety.

The stakes are high this election, and for many, so was the anxiety.

A survey by the American Psychological Association says 69% of the nation is stressed about the presidential election.

So, to take your mind off the madness, 5-4 is bringing you, our cherished subscribers, a very special episode in which the hosts are reviewing the 1992 film, My Cousin Vinny.

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Drugs?

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I'm holding you in contempt of court.

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Please enjoy this brief diversion from the nightmare unfolding around us.

And come back next week for a normal episode of 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

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I'm Peter.

I'm here with Michael.

Hey, everybody.

And Rhiannon.

Hi.

We are dropping this on Election Day right now.

Ignore the exit polls.

Deep breathing.

relax, it's going to be okay.

You are standing in line.

A guy is being politely asked to remove his MAGA hat just a few spots up from you, and he's losing his mind.

The whole situation is spiraling out of control.

You're saying to yourself, I should have voted early.

A lot of people are murmuring.

This is happening to everyone all around the country.

Breathe the.

Yeah, it's going to be all right.

We wanted to do a lower stress episode for Election Day 2024.

And so

we are going to review the movie, My Cousin Vinny.

Yes.

Yes.

One of the all-time great courtroom movies.

A truly excellent film.

Not to spoil it.

Not to spoil my review.

Rhiannon had never seen it.

Yeah.

This is my first time watching it.

Yeah.

And we haven't talked to her since she saw it.

So we get to be surprised by her unvarnished thoughts along with you, the listener.

Imagine if I was like, that was dog shit.

I can't believe we watched this movie.

It's terrible.

No, it's a good one.

It's a good one.

It is.

Now, for anyone not familiar, the basic premise of my cousin Vinny is

what if Italians went to the South?

That's what that is really.

What sort of hijinks would ensue?

It is a naturally hilarious concept.

You know, it's incredible that no one had thought of it before.

Yeah.

It's a post-race world in a quite like charming way.

The like people's demographic differences in this movie are like, are you from New York or are you from Alabama?

Yes.

Are you an Italian from New York or are you, you know, anybody born and raised in Alabama?

Those are the, those are like the social tensions in a really charming way.

And at the same time, like a tacit, like,

yeah, the justice system in Alabama, they'll railroad some innocent people.

Absolutely.

Yeah, there are a lot of ongoing gags about the frivolous use of the electorate chair throughout this film.

Yes.

To the point where it does feel like an anti-capital punishment film at times.

Yes.

Yeah.

There are multiple scenes at a jail.

We'll get into it, but multiple scenes at a jail.

And every time the main character, this lawyer Vinny, who keeps getting held in contempt, every time he's bailed out of jail, there is like a protest at the jail against the upcoming.

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