Parker is the one sitting for interviews about the topic. He and Fox Searchlight have decided that hashing it all out in mid August is their PR strategy. For those asking "why now" - ask Nate and Fox - they chose the timing of the current media blitz.

Parker gave an interview to Deadline dot com. There are links to the court documents in the interview.

You're giving up too quickly, Kas. That narrow definition presented above does not prove that a millennial invented the smart phone. I have no idea who actually invented it, but nothing that has been stated in this mini-generational debate thread has proven that millennials were responsible for anything other than…

As an LA resident, the two cities are not starkly different. LA is diverse and filled w/ Black women.

Plenty of Black women in LA. If you listen to the original song, he's not describing a White woman with a big butt; he's describing a Black woman. LA is supposed to be synonymous for beautiful. If people are interpreting that to mean White that's on them.

Exactly. LA is not any less diverse than Oakland.

Same.

Wilmore's use of that line felt a bit inauthentic to me. #1 It's not clear to me that the President and Wilmore, in fact, are friends. It seemed to me that Wilmore was faking a level of intimacy specifically for the gaze of a White audience. #2 Wilmore is not necessarily the type of person who says the phrase "my…

Justin? The one who sold out Ms. Jackson. Nope!

Those casting choices did take me out of the story.

Also, Larry didn't have much of an income; his parents supported him.

I like that theory, but why did he ditch the crib? Maybe he initially ran away and then did all the things you suggested . . .

I believe she's responsible for a lot of her own material. Clarification, she's responsible for her various Weekend Update material, which apparently came from her stand up routine. I cringe each time. The Weekend Update segment is a complete disaster lately.

According to Julie he used the phrase. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Regardless, I agree with the podcasters that it's significant - and indicates a certain bias - that they chose to use that soundbite.