Ma is neither great nor terrible, though its quality would certainly lean more towards the latter if not for the casting of and rewriting for Octavia Spencer, whose portrayal of a character not written to be African-American lends a subtext of tokenism and how victimization perpetuates victimization.
After a discussion of the film, some news on the direction of the podcast for the remainder of the year (SPOILERS: it's horror).
IDMB Episode 10 - I Saw the Devil
IDMB Episode 9 - Introduction to South Korean Revenge Films (featuring Tim Buel of The Golden Briefcase)
IDMB Halloween Episode - Bride of Frankenstein (Featuring Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension)
IDMB Episode 8 - Fanny and Alexander
IDMB Episode 7 - Persona
IDMB Episode 6 - Wild Strawberries
IDMB Episode 5 - Introduction to Ingmar Bergman (Josh Long of More Than One Lesson)
IDMB Episode 4 - Spartan
IDMB Episode 3 - State and Main
IDMB Episode 2 - House of Games
IDMB Episode 1 - Introduction to David Mamet (featuring Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension)
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