HBOMax Synopsis: If you loved The Color Purple and can’t get enough of Precious, we present a powerful, emotionally gripping story of people beating on each other. Uncle Ruckus’s family comes to town and Ruckus must settle some old business with his father.
Pre Show:
No MJ today
Moving
Thanksgiving
Sharing GPS location
Charlottesville settlement
Ahmaud Arbery verdict
Rittenhouse verdict
Citizens arrest
Astroworld
Waukesha Parade
Alex Jones / Roger Stone
Proud Boys / Oath Keepers
Monty Python
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Show:
Benjamin Button
Baby on doorstep trope
Inherited trauma
Reasons for abuse
Unhealthy coping mechanisms
Very large families
Choctaw and slaves
Corporal punishment
Consequences
Colonization
Comparing trauma
Taking responsibility for your healing
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Trivia:
This episode strongly references the Steven Spielberg-directed film “The Color Purple”.
This episode also bears strong similarities with the film “Precious”.
The beginning scene is a spoof of the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
The “my brother Daryl and my other brother Darrell” is an homage to the TV series “Newhart”
Show Music:
Intro: #Makeachange by K.I.R.K. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Outro: Good Times by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.