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In today's Barbershop Talk show, we discuss the passing of Louis Vuitton's artistic director Virgil Abloh and his impact on pop culture, Simu Liu beating out Daniel Craig (No Time to Die), Chris Pratt (The Tomorrow War) & Vin Diesel (F9: The Fast Saga) to win the People's Choice Award for Best Action Movie Star, & what the hell is the metaverse and how do we think it will impact us in the future. 

In this episode, we discuss:

Timestamps:

2:40 - Introduction of Virgil Abloh 

3:35 - How Virgil came from an engineer and architecture background prior to jumping into the fashion space

5:00 - Virgil becoming the first Black designer at Louis Vuitton 

7:55 - Losing three prominent African American figures in a small time frame (Chadwick Boswick, Kobe & Virgil)

8:20 - How do you feel about people fighting cancers privately?

9:30 - In Asian culture, illness is kept private 

12:35 - Learning to enjoy our time here on earth while we have it

14:00 - Simu Liu topic intro 

14:30 - Simu hosts SNL

16:45 - Shang-Chi getting a sequel even when people said it would flop

17:30 - Leo hooped with Simu Liu 

22 - Metaverse intro

24 - How video games give you a glimpse of what the metaverse can become

27 - Nike joining the metaverse

30 - Metaverse will potentially change many industries

37 - Tom Cruise deep fake 

38 - Overall, is the metaverse good or bad?

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Today's Barber Shop Talk podcast reviews the film "Mortal Kombat," directed by Simon McQuoid, starring Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, Ludi Lin, Hiroyuki Sanada, and more. Mortal Kombat is a 2021 American martial arts fantasy film based on the video game franchise of the same name and a reboot of the Mortal Kombat film series.

The film boasts a predominantly Asian cast that includes an Asian male lead, making this the perfect movie to review for the podcast. We go over the good, the bad and give a rating out of 10 at the end. 

In this episode, we discuss:

- Our first time hearing about Mortal Kombat was through the game

- Leo being reluctant to see the movie because he's not fond of violence. 

- Mike brings up the 1995 "Mortal Kombat" movie version

- The pros/cons about the movie

- 1995 Liu Kang v.s 2021 Liu Kang

- Questioning why they decided to create an entirely new character for the movie

- Our overall rating for the movie

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JOIN THE OFFICIAL ASIAN MENSWEAR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD:

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Here are the questions that we addressed in this episode:

Barbershop Talk Segment:

• Why are you not married yet? What's the holdup? - 00:03:34
• What is your ideal relationship look like: - 00:48:15
• How did your parents relationship(s) affect how you handle yours? - 01:07:51
• What do you bring to a relationship and what do you expect from a partner? - 01:14:08

So, This One Time...Segment:

• The hosts revisit a  few comments that they had put a pin in for further explanation on this episode: - 01:30:19
• Final Thoughts: - 01:48:26
• How do you handle breakups: - 01:57:31

Thanks again for tuning in! Enjoy!

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