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Imagine Being a Shoe Free Agent
There's this VERY stupid movie in here you should watch
Andrew Safranko
November 21, 2025
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This Week in Dulture…
Approx 5 minute read:
📔 Curry on the loose
💰️ A dumb / fun movie
🎵 A few video game updates
🎴 A dumb movie that’s a lot of fun to watch
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We all have those days where it feels like the moment you wake up and get out of bed you really just want to go back in it. But in reality, you have to wait the whole day to do so.
If only we could just speed run life like were Sonic.
All I’m gonna say to you is listen to even just 8 seconds of this week’s mix and tell me you don’t feel like speed-running life right now??
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Story time folks!
There once was a boy named Eldrick Woods who’s dad had him take an interest in sport at a very young age, specifically when he was just about 2 years old, and specifically the game of golf.
How can a 2 year old play golf, you ask?
That, my friend, would be a great question…
You see, this boy was no ordinary boy *Morgan Freeman voice*
The boy’s father dedicated his life to ensuring this boy would become the greatest golfer to ever play the game.
And that he did.
Nike raised the boy as he climbed the golf ranks.
The boy eventually became a man, a champion, and had built his own brand - one he could take with him wherever he went.
Which is exactly what he did when Nike decreased their investment into golf.
Who knows what ever happened to that boy…
The reason I tell this story is because Steph Curry is in a very similar position after recently leaving Under Armour.
The brand that raised him, helped him build his own brand (Curry brand), and gave him a flurry of pro models that I’ve never seen any other NBA player wear (just ask Channing Frye) seems to be divesting from basketball.
I mean, I say “seems” only to be kind.
Under Armour has basically GIVEN UP on basketball.
Typically known for football, baseball, and whatever The Rock does, the brand clearly never really could break into basketball the way it did in other sports. No bigger obvious hint than UA dropping their star athlete.
And so now Steph Curry is walking around like he’s Ben Affleck and he just got out of his second marriage to J Lo.
I’ve never been a shoe free agent myself but I gotta think Steph is having fun not having to worry about what brand of shoe he has to wear to work.
The Curry brand will live on, we’re all wondering what shoe company will pick him up now. My bet is on Nike although my barber mentioned Anta could be it - which makes a lot of sense given how much China loves Steph.
Movie Review: Stuck on a Chairlift
Movies can be so complicated - like SO COMPLICATED.
Did it fall or what??
But they can also be so simple.
Sometimes the most basic movie ideas become the most interesting.
Like befriending a volleyball.
I don’t know man - something about the ones where they’re stuck somewhere the whole movie really intrigues me.
This past week I stumbled upon Frozen (2010) - obviously not the Frozen we’re all used to hearing about. This one involved 3 people trapped on a chairlift.
Frozen is the story of 3 friends who go skiing one day and convince the chairlift operator to let them go up the mountain one more time before the lift closes for the day.
When the operator has to go to the bathroom, he tells his lackey co-worker to look out for 3 people coming down the hill and to then shut down the chairlift. EXCEPT, the 3 people who come down the mountain are another group altogether so he ends up shutting down the chairlift, stranding the 3 friends high up on the mountain in the air.
The movie itself would never win any awards for outstanding acting but the concept is enough to keep you watching if you like movies where the characters are stuck the whole time and you have no clue how they’ll get out of the mess they’re in.
If you watched Fall (2022) on Netflix and liked it then you’ll probably enjoy this movie too.
It’s a definitely a good one to have on in the background when you’re doing something like writing your newsletter on culture for the people 💪
Unorthodox Video Game Update
At the beginning of November Fortnite saw an update that changed the entire map into Springfield.
Alongside being able to shoot people in Moe’s Tavern, there was updates to the weaponry where you could use Simpons-esk weapons like Kang and Kodos ray gun and Mr. Blasty, the gun that Maggie used to shoot Mr. Burns.
Earlier in the week Santa Monica was over-run with Homers in honour of all the Homer clones that spawn in the Fortnite map.
So basically if you don’t play Fortnite, you’d have no clue why there were 20+ homers walking through your neighbourhood.
And WTF is up with GTA 6.
Every time it feels like we’re closer, Rockstar games releases another update to the game (a game no one has played yet anyways).
According to Rockstar:
We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve.
And lastly, a live action Legend of Zelda film is coming out.
And they kinda look like the characters from the game while being characters from Lord of the Rings at the same time.
I don’t know how I feel about this although I was never really a Zelda (or Link) fan to begin with.
Kirby is really my guy.
Who wants the smoke???
Hypebeast Hello Kitty
We went to Sanrio Puroland on the outskirts of Tokyo back in the summer and lemme tell you, whether you love them or hate them, all of those Hello Kitty characters have created a cult following that should be studied.
By Netflix.
In a murder documentary.
Without the murder, just the cult.
This holiday season in what I can only think is really ironic, Hello Kitty teams up with Anti-Social Social Club to bring a new capsule collection full of your favourite hypebeast pieces with a kawaii twist.
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Everyone was so nice at Sanrio Puroland - oh the irony of wearing something there that said ‘Anti-Social’ would be.
Also sorry, the collection can only be found on reseller sites now - it came out on November 15th but I was too busy admiring what I purchased from Kith’s Marvel vs Capcom capsule last week to notice this.
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