How Bulworth Told It Like It Is: Real Talk from a Rapping Senator?!
About this episode
Warren Beatty's 1998 political satire Bulworth gave us an audacious experiment: a white politician who ditches his teleprompter for freestyle flows and brutal honesty about America's political machine.
Topics discussed:
📸 A quick snapshot of this political satire
🎤 Where this fits in the hip hop canon
🎞️ Fun facts about this cult classic
💥 The impact this film had on politics
😱 Fan reaction then and now
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