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 157 - Two Evil Eyes
IDMB Episode 156 - Monkey Shines
IDMB Episode 155 - Season of the Witch
IDMB Episode 154 - Introduction to George Romero (featuring Allie Kroeper of Bit Lip: A Teen Movie Podcast)
IDMB Favorites - Introduction to Universal Classic Monsters
IDMB Favorites - Introduction to Andrea Arnold
IDMB Favorites - Introduction to Film-Noir
IDMB Favorites - Introduction to Guillermo del Toro
IDMB Episode 153 - The Freshman
IDMB Episode 152 - Safety Last!
IDMB Episode 151 - Girl Shy
IDMB Episode 150 - Introduction to Harold Lloyd (featuring Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension)
IDMB Episode 149 - The Tree of Life
IDMB Episode 148 - The Thin Red Line
IDMB Episode 147 - Badlands
IDMB Episode 146 - Introduction to Terrence Malick (featuring Andrew DeSelm)
IDMB Episode 145 - Trapped in Paradise
IDMB Episode 144 - 3 Godfathers
IDMB Episode 143 - Millions
IDMB Episode 142 - Offbeat Christmas Films (featuring Alonso Duralde of Linoleum Knife)
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