It's a clasico, just David and Kelby talking Takashi Miike's 2004 super sentai/comic book parody ZEBRAMAN.
On this episode: a peek behind the curtain on how the show's doing (great) and what we've been up to, our issues with the people who contain multitudes, how all mental illnesses are fake (including our own), aesthetically appealing writing, multi-cultural racist friend groups, early Weeknd as soundtrack to hollowed-out debauchery, sabotaged film remasters, The Little Mermaid, English-dubbed anime, censorship, how being an outsider lends deeper immersion in art, based Donald Glover, why cultural appropriation is good (the thesis of this entire show, really), guest appearances from our kids, the super powers of parenthood, endless freestyle LARPing, keeping our kids off (our) drugs, people who complain about kids, differences between what Japan and America censors for children's movies, the interesting art that emerges from gut-guided spontaneity vs "mastering the craft," Zebraman's anti-montage training sequences, cheap digital effects being peak CGI, why this movie gets hate and why the haters are wrong, "anyshinguh" (anything goes), striping vengeance, Adult Swim, the color of blood, the medium is the message, Grand Theft Auto VI leaks, Zebraman vs Batman, evolution of the costume, Suicide House, becoming human again, how to exist in the moment as part of an arc, and an open invitation to our haters.
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