4:05: Will Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” be a box-office success or suffer from a boycott promised by the director’s critics? The movie, which tells the story of Nat Turner and the bloody slave rebellion he led in 1831, generated great buzz and garnered a lucrative Hollywood deal after its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. While many feel compelled or obligated to see the movie, especially in this time of Black Lives Matter and heightened tensions about race relations, others have vowed boycott because of Parker’s history with a sexual assault case. As his star rose this summer, details emerged about the rape charge Parker faced — and was acquitted of — while a student-athlete at Penn State in the late 1990s. Film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed discuss the film and the controversy.23:17: The Sun’s media critic, David Zurawik, talks about television coverage of the baseball playoffs, the format for Sunday night’s Clinton-Trump debate and the growing role of social media as a source for political news.49:17: Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed review “The Girl On The Train,” a sex-lies-and-murder mystery starring Emily Blunt, based on the best-selling psychological thriller of the same title by Paula Hawkins.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-shipp-0824-20160823-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-pitts-birth-nation-20160901-story.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/nate-parker-and-the-limits-of-empathy.htmlhttp://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/09/30/poll-for-many-trump-watchers-the-social-media-is-the-message/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-girl-train-review-20160930-snap-story.html
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