BFG Podcast #122: Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl, ’Reservation Dogs,’ and ’Gen V’

Host Neal Pollack is all-in on streaming TV this week. He welcomes Michael Washburn to the BFG Podcast to discuss four new short films by Wes Anderson that adapt classic, if lesser-known, Roald Dahl short stories. Michael is less sold on Anderson's cinematic style, but he admits that these short Netflix films really do justice to Dahl's work. Both he and Neal are happy that this 20th Century humorist is getting such broad play, beyond Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Roald Dahl cinematic universe is very much alive in Wes Anderson's hands.Reservation Dogs, the Native American comedy, has recently finished its run on FX and Hulu. Omar Gallaga appears to sing its praises and its nuanced portrayal of Native American life and of life in Oklahoma in general. It's also a seedbed of talent. Future Oscar winner Lily Gladstone plays a prominent supporting role as the imprisoned mother of one of our main "shitass" teens in the show, and it's clear that she's going to be a huge star. Omar is envious of Neal, who hasn't seen too much Reservation Dogs, and is going to spend the next few months immersing himself in the show.Neal is already immersing himself in Gen V, the college-age spinoff of The Boys R-rated superhero universe. Gen V has all the gore and sex and degeneracy of The Boys, but also some genuine anger at how our educational institutions have failed and abused its young people. That undertone lifts Gen V above the usual superhero fare, and we praise it highly here at the BFG Podcast.Enjoy this week's show!