Blockbusted
Join hosts Lily Yasuda and Michael Wolfe as they examine the social, political, and ideological agendas of the films that define pop culture.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2021
First Reformed
This week: Climate justice, doomerism and pay-to-play Christianity. Tangents include Game of Thrones, ambiguous endings, plus how to engage with critical media.
Show notes:
Paul Schrader explains the e…
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
This week: Toxic nerd culture, fragile masculinity and how Michael Scott made misogyny cool again.
Show notes:
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-hOigoxHs
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La La Land
This week: Insiders, outsiders, and Hollywood’s romanticized self-reflection. Tangents include grilled cheese sandwiches, the starving artist, and why Ryan Gosling probably shouldn’t have “saved” jaz…
Joker
This week: White guy nihilism and the battle to “elevate” superhero movies. Tangents include THE SIXTH SENSE, anti-political politics and Lily’s hypothetical Twitter presence.
Show notes:
The fight ove…
Inglourious Basterds
This week: Tarantino’s savior complex, revisionist history, Eli Roth’s sex appeal, and the problem with the capital “H” Holocaust.
Show notes:
Caryn James BBC Article-
When Harry Met Sally
Welcome to Blockbusted! This week: Nora Ephron, platonic romance, the creation of the “high maintenance” woman, plus a piping hot slice of whatever Meg’s having.
Shownotes:
"The Quiet Cruelty of When …