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 141 - The Ladykillers
IDMB Episode 140 - The Man in the White Suit
IDMB Episode 139 - Kind Hearts and Coronets
IDMB Episode 138 - Introduction to Ealing Comedies (featuring Gavin Mevius of The Mixed Reviews)
IDMB Episode 137 - Opera
IDMB Episode 136 - Phenomena
IDMB Episode 135 - The Cat o' Nine Tails
IDMB Episode 134 - Introduction to Dario Argento (featuring James McCormick of That's Not Current)
IDMB Episode 133 - Cronos
IDMB Episode 132 - Crimson Peak
IDMB Episode 131 - The Devil's Backbone
IDMB Episode 130 - Introduction to Guillermo del Toro (featuring filmmaker Sean Meehan)
IDMB Is Back!
IDMB Goodbye Episode
IDMB Summer Update
IDMB Episode 129 - Mystery Train
IDMB Episode 128 - Dead Man
IDMB Episode 127 - Paterson
IDMB Episode 126 - Introduction to Jim Jarmusch (featuring Kristen Sales)
IDMB Episode 125 - F for Fake
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