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EP 87: 22 Jump Street | Vietnamese Jesus Just Drippin' Swagoo

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This week we continue our Channing Potatum (Channing Tatum) and Jonah Hill's detective journey in 22 Jump Street! Since the Koreans bought their church back on 21 Jump Street, the team moves across the street to go undercover as college students. 

Hilarity ensues and bromance is tested. Oh, and fear boners.

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Bridget:

Foreign.

Wendy:

Good morning.

Bridget:

I'm Bridget.

Wendy:

I'm Wendy, and this is Flickin Beans.

Bridget:

I'm so sorry your coffee maker broke.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Wow.

Wendy:

We have another one on the way, but we thought we. Joel might be able to save it, but I think it's finally kaput.

Bridget:

I've had coffee makers just stop working.

Wendy:

Is it a planned obsolescence? There's not that many things in a coffee maker. It's a very simple machine. So why is it breaking?

Bridget:

Who know? I even cleaned mine out once. Like, pulled out the tube. That sounds dirty.

Wendy:

Anyway, so thanks for getting coffee.

Bridget:

No problem. So this week we did 22 Jump Street.

Wendy:

I loved it.

Bridget:

I did, too.

Wendy:

Lots of really good moments in it. Well, one thing that I have, a fun ish fact. I heard a interview with Channing Tatum one time about how this movie has really stuck with people. In particular the line at the beginning where they're trying to get the picture up. And he goes, I'm Jeff. He says people yell that out to him all the time in airports. They're just like, I am Jeff.

Bridget:

And what was that accent? Jonah Hill says to him, you got to stick the accent, man.

Wendy:

Then it's gone when they get surprised and close their cover.

Bridget:

And before that, he's like, I need complete silence to get into my character. So in this one, the assignment was to pretend to be college students.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And I have to say all that credits stuff.

Wendy:

Yes.

Bridget:

Where it was like, it went up to, like, 42 Jump Street.

Wendy:

I was really hoping that you watched the credits because sometimes streaming services don't show you. That was some of the best part.

Bridget:

And after the credits, in the prison, Mr. Walters, the guy that was the.

Wendy:

Drug guy before, he has a v***** now.

Bridget:

Yay. Want to see it? I'm Eric's b**** now. And Eric says, no, you're not. Shut up, Eric. You own this a**. And they're cuddling at the end, and he says, I'm late. So they're trying to find the dealer for this drug called WI Fi, spelled W H Y, P H Y. And it stands for work hard. Yes. Play hard. Yes.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

But somebody died who took it. So they're on the case.

Wendy:

And it's supposed to be a mix of Adderall and Ecstasy. And for the first four hours, you focus really hard, and then you start tripping, which, of course is not how any drug works. But I like that idea, though.

Bridget:

I loved the tripping scene. It was a split screen. Jonah Hill is in this horrible, horrible world where Channing Tatum, on the other side Is all dressed in white with butterflies and clouds.

Wendy:

Yeah. Good metaphor for how different people taking the same drug can be having a very different time.

Bridget:

Exactly. Exactly. And the reason it's called 22 Jump street is because the Koreans bought the church back. And so across the street, it's a Vietnamese church.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

He says, that's Vietnamese Jesus. Now, see this Vietnamese church? You racist, sacrilegious sack of s***. Yeah. Vietnamese Jesus is just dripping swag goo. And then when Jonah Hill says, it's refreshing to have a case with a black victim, if it was a white person, I wouldn't even care.

Wendy:

Did you catch the part where Jonah Hill's character goes, oh, I like your office. It looks like a big cube of ice.

Bridget:

Yes. Yes. So perfect. The WI fi makes them so focused. And they're saying to each other, I'm so focused. Yeah, I'm so focused, too. When they try to infiltrate the fraternity.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

They throw a grappling hook up onto the roof. Jonah Hill puts on, like, a bike helmet. Dude, that helmet looks stupid or whatever. Yeah. He goes, you know, it's not stupid. Safety.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

But then you see him going up so slowly. It takes forever. While Channing is parkouring.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Up to the roof.

Wendy:

That scene where him and his new bestie, who they think might be the drug dealer, just lift themselves up to the top rope by, like, their fingertips. There's nothing to grab on them.

Bridget:

No.

Wendy:

And Jonah's, like, can't reach.

Bridget:

Right.

Wendy:

Can relate.

Bridget:

The poetry slam.

Wendy:

Would you like to do a dramatic reading?

Bridget:

Yes.

Wendy:

Slam poetry. Yelling, angry. Waving my hands a lot. Specific point of view on things.

Bridget:

Cynthia. Cynthia. Jesus died for our Cynthia. Jesus cried. Runaway bride. Julia Roberts. Julia Robb Hurts. Oh, Cynthia, you're dead. You are dead.

Wendy:

Beep, boop, boop. You're dead.

Bridget:

That's for Cynthia, who's dead.

Wendy:

I especially like waving my hands a lot.

Bridget:

Yeah. Yeah. I've never been to a poetry slam.

Wendy:

Yeah. I haven't been to a poetry slam specifically, but I've been to an open mic where somebody did slam poetry.

Bridget:

What was it?

Wendy:

Sort of awkward. I don't know. What is it about? You can sing a song or you can do comed, but when you stand up there and talk earnestly wise, it's so much more cringy. I don't know.

Bridget:

It just is.

Wendy:

It just is.

Bridget:

It turns out that the girl that he likes is Ice Cube's daughter. That was awesome.

Wendy:

Which he congratulates him for getting laid before they realize that it's the daughter. Right.

Bridget:

When Ice Cube flips the photo around and they realize it's her. He goes around high fiving people. He, the captain's daughter does a little dance. Y. He goes on and on about it. Oh, my gosh. And then later, Ice Cube says, I wish you could unfuck my daughter. It's something like you unfucked the. The investigation that you up in the first place. I did notice when Jonah Hill gets fired, most people leave the office with a cardboard box and he was holding a red beanbag chair.

Wendy:

So sadly, I like that little montage of when they're setting up their dorm room and they're showing like all the things that you buy when you go to, you know, beanbag chair, hot plate.

Bridget:

Yep, yep.

Wendy:

Shower caddy. Like, first day of school. Vibes.

Bridget:

Oh, my gosh. And their relationship is even deeper. And they make so many jokes about as if they really were a couple.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And then when they kind of part ways and Jonah Hill is feeling left out, they meet back up and they talk about, let's have an open investigation.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Like an open relationship. We don't have to label it. It can just be a one time thing.

Wendy:

Yeah. One of the running jokes is that the football team thinks they're a couple. He's like, it's my partner. They don't know they're cops.

Bridget:

Right. Oh, God, it's so funny. And in the psychiatrist's office, who later gets framed for being the drug dealer, and he walks in on them and makes them sit down and get therapy as though they're a couple. Hold his hand. And he's like, no, you got to interlock fingers.

Wendy:

And he's like, why can't I just be sitting beside you? Why do I have to interlock fingers?

Bridget:

Right. I mean, I. I want to hold your hand, but over here.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Without your hand being in my hand. And that's when they learn the concept of embedding. Embedding. Is it possible that we embedded date a potato goes when we were drunk or something? This character Mercedes is Maya's roommate, Jonah Hill's love interest. They have sex. Missionary. Missionary. Missionary. Like they're all different positions.

Wendy:

The one where I'm laying on top.

Bridget:

Of her and she's on her back. Missionary. Meanwhile, apparently the roommates in the next bed over has to deal with it. That's weird. I never lived in a dorm, so I never had anybody fooling around next to me.

Wendy:

I had it happen once to me early on my freshman year when my roommate had brought in a guy. She's like, I thought you were asleep. I Was till you.

Bridget:

Right.

Wendy:

I woke up. I was like, could you guys not? Yeah, or I'll leave the vigorous thrusting.

Bridget:

She also keeps making references like, Jonah Hill is so old. He's like, I'm 19. And she's like, 19 minutes late to pinochle. Tell us about the war. Any of them.

Wendy:

Any of them.

Bridget:

And it sounded like you popped a hip. And of course, later, she is the bad guy.

Wendy:

Yes, of course.

Bridget:

Her and her dad. During spring break, there's the big shootout scene. And Mercedes goes, this is so boring. Nobody's getting shot.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And then a guy from behind her falls after getting shot. She was like, oh, my God, did you just get shot? Right after I said that.

Wendy:

That's so weird. What a coincidence.

Bridget:

When she and Jonah Hill's character get into that fist fight that is the most awkward fist fight, most uncomfortable. And they're accusing each other of having kiss me eyes. Were you going to kiss me or punch me?

Wendy:

This reminded me of the fight that Paul Blart has with the lady in Victoria.

Bridget:

Totally total.

Wendy:

He doesn't want to hit her because she's a woman, but she's like, if you really thought we were equal, you'd hit me. And then he does.

Bridget:

Yep. Yeah. When they first get to the spring break, they're doing everything in their room to get ready to go out. Exactly. Like a couple.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Brushing their teeth side by side. Tanning chaytums. I did it again. Is putting on sunscreen. And Jonah goes, you missed a spot. It was so tender.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

So he puts the sunscreen on about a quarter sized bit of the back of Tatum's neck.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And then he says, you know, this one time thing. Right. You're not going to be weird about this, are you? Another part during spring break when they're having that fight and Channing's character picks up the drunk girl and uses her as a weapon, just like whipping around in circles. And her legs are kicking people. She's completely, like, out of it. That reminded me of Barbie, that fight on the beach. Creative weapons right there. They really did have creative fight scenes.

Wendy:

They did.

Bridget:

Just like in the first movie. I loved it.

Wendy:

Yeah. Picking up different weird props.

Bridget:

Channing's character was so upset that he wasn't the one that gets to drive the Lambo. And Jonah was like, it's confusing. You let the car drive you. You. And when he finally gets the hang of it, he's like, oh, my God, this is like the Batmobile. So let's talk about the roof scene in the. Jonah Hill really tries to take a bullet and misses. He's too low to the ground. It's a thought that counts, man. I tried to take a bullet for you. He's like, it's not. Not the thought. It's taking the bullet.

Wendy:

He gets shot almost exactly opposite his other one. So now he's gonna have two bullet scars.

Bridget:

You can see that. Yeah. One point doesn't. He tries to shoot Jonah Hill in his shoulder.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And it ricochets and shoots himself again in the arm. The bad guys are with a pink backpack. Total callback to the pinata. Double strapped.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

He has a grenade in his shorts. Tanning Tatum.

Wendy:

Tanning Tatum.

Bridget:

Potato is like, why are you putting it in there? That's unsanitary. And he's like. It just feels right. And surprisingly, the helicopter.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

With ghosts. And it takes off chaining, jumps and catches the. And why is it just there for so long? Because Jonah Hill digs deep and catches it too. So they're both hanging off the helicopter. It's as cool as an explosion.

Wendy:

Yeah, absolutely. And so unrealistic.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

You could never. Like your hand doesn't go around.

Bridget:

Rails.

Wendy:

Rails. Yeah. They're very large. They're not big enough that you can really palm them.

Bridget:

Oh. But in movies.

Wendy:

But you can hold on one handed and hold a person that weighs twice as much as you.

Bridget:

Exactly. Which is what happens.

Wendy:

Right.

Bridget:

Tatum slips and Jonah Hill's holding him up, but he's got the grenade in his pants. Channing has to reach up his shorts and he's digging around and he's like, that's my d***. That's also my d***. Why is it hard? It's adrenaline.

Wendy:

It's a fear b****.

Bridget:

Probably a thing. I don't know.

Wendy:

That's a thing on the league.

Bridget:

And he finally does get the grenade. And Joan Hill is like, say something cool when you throw it.

Wendy:

Then they do a little. Who's on first bit afterwards.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

Jonah's like, what did you say? Channing Tatum's like, something cool.

Bridget:

Which is exactly what he said.

Wendy:

Exactly. Something cool. No, I mean, like, what was it, though? Something cool.

Bridget:

Is what you said to say. Of course, all the partygoers on the beach are like, loving this as they see this happening.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

The helicopter blows up and falls into the ocean. They're like, Right.

Wendy:

That was so odd. If that really happened, everybody would be horrified. Not. Not cheering.

Bridget:

They're all drunk.

Wendy:

Maybe.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

There would be a moment of horror. Come on.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

Of surprise. Of the fact that, like, somebody just blew up in front of them. But there could also be cheering because that was f****** awesome. It was another gem from Ice Cube. At the end, he was like, I'm gonna need a m************ crate before I lose my s***. When he figures out that Jonah has slept with his daughter. But he can't say anything because they run into each other up front. But, yeah, I need a m************ crepe. How do you say crepe? Crepe.

Bridget:

Crepe.

Wendy:

Crepe.

Bridget:

Nobody says that unless you're in France, maybe, right?

Wendy:

There's that letter Kinesin, where they're like, crepe, crepe. And they're talking about the different ways to say it.

Bridget:

Like restaurant could be called date crepe.

Wendy:

Yeah. Yes.

Bridget:

Yeah. Did we do it?

Wendy:

I think we did it.

Bridget:

We flick some.

Wendy:

Be okay. Love you. Bye.

Bridget:

Bye. Party all night long.

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