This week we're looking for a thread running through three seemingly disparate moments: the release of Clint Eastwood's new film "The 15:17 to Paris," the Olympics in South Korea, and the tragic death of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We use these events to discuss how culture can act as a smokescreen for reality and a way to avoid our fears. Plus: Jenna defends her surprising position that spoilers are actually good.
Discussed this week:
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Alt.Latino (NPR)
“Emma González Leads a Student Outcry on Guns: ‘This is the Way I Have to Grieve’” (Julie Turkewitz, Matt Stevens and Jason M. Bailey, The New York Times)
“Whole Lot of BS” Funkadelic (Maggot Brain, 1971)
"Fergie’s National Anthem Draws Criticism" (ESPN)
“Letter of Recommendation: Spoilers” (Jenna Wortham, The New York Times Magazine)
“The Sixth Sense” (Hollywood Pictures)
“On the Evolution of Hollywood Films” (James Cutting, Cornell University, 2010)
“Pulp Fiction” (Miramax)
"The 15:17 to Paris" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“American Sniper” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Sully” (Flashlight Films)
GOP Rep. Brian Mast on Florida School Shooting (Rachel Martin, NPR)
Andre Bauer on State of the Union (CNN)
Fantasies
Becoming
Joy
Reality
Relations
Kaepernick
Apology
Questions
We R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin
We Spy Two BlacKkKlansmen — and One is Omarosa
We Got Goop'd
We Give You Our Summer Faves
We Blaxplain Blaxplaining
We Heard Lauryn Hill, But Did We Listen?
We Can't Burn It All Down (Even Though Sometimes We Want To)
We Choose Our Own Families
Asian-Americans Talk About Racism, and We Listen - Part 2
Asian-Americans Talk About Racism, and We Listen - Part 1
We Louvre The Carters
We Need Bad Women
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It is Free
The Modern West
The Daily
Modern Love
The Ezra Klein Show
Dear Sugars
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