The Awful and Awesome

Awful and Awesome Ep 225: A Marvel-ous episode

By NL Team

September 23, 2021 at 3:26 PM

Talking about the character Wenwu played by Tony Leung in the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:

Mansa: Tony Leung (“luhng”) is a scene stealer, pardon if I’m pronouncing his name incorrectly.

Abhinandan: You are sitting with Abhinandan and you’re apologising for the pronunciation? Like seriously!

Inderpreet: It’s Tony Leung (“loong”).

Mansa: Really? He Wenwu’ed us with his performance.

Abhinandan: In fact when he appeared in that other film...

Mansa: He’s known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai.

Abhinandan: No no no. Leung...He did a song ya, with Deepika Padukone. Lungi dance, Lungi dance (sings).

Inderpreet bursts out laughing.

Abhinandan: I wish our listeners could see the look on Mansa’s face. She’s like, “Kaha baitha diya uncle ke saath, itne bhadde joke.”

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Newslaundry subscribers Inderpreet and Mansa K enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the films Shang-Chi and Black Widow; and web series Loki and WandaVision. They also discuss the thriller Red Sparrow. Abhinandan is also joined by the creators of the 2021 Cadbury cricket ad, which is a remake of the 1993 advertising classic.

PS: Don’t miss Abhinandan’s encounter with Gen Z.

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Timecodes

00:01 - Introduction

04:09 - Black Widow

10:05 - Loki

19:19 - Subscriber letters

22:49 - Shang Chi

31:28 - Red Sparrow

36:36 - Cadbury ad

52:34 - Subscriber letters

1:05:03 - WandaVision