In honour of the Summer Olympics in Rio, we discuss three films featuring Olympics sports.

Show Notes:

We’re sorry this episode is late; a storm fried both our router and our computer

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics)

We don’t like sports, but we like sports movies

We’re not discussing Mary Kom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom_(film)), because we already did (https://audioboom.com/boos/4467735-episode-6-who-s-the-hottest-girl-in-the-world?t=0)

Chak De! India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chak_De!_India)

The unfortunate status of women’s sports

Cultural diversity and sports/film as nation building

Girl power and solidarity

Erin’s plans for a Canadian remake

(INTERVAL “Chak De! India (https://youtu.be/OSEw6kv70Xw)” from Chah De! India)

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaag_Milkha_Bhaag)

Milkha Singh, The Flying Sikh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkha_Singh)

Flashbacks in your flashbacks

Partition of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India)

“Maston Ka Jhund (https://youtu.be/3_OKOmTC42A),” the army song and Bhangra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangra_(dance))

“Slow Motion Angreza (https://youtu.be/_aPnHl68SaU),” the Australian Country Western song and “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Rock (https://youtu.be/hc7IJO7fD78),” the training montage

Milkha Singh’s relationships with women

Sultan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_(2016_film))

A meta-critique

Matt’s far out Austen comparison

Fight scenes and training montages (https://youtu.be/tzWLrPUnIwY)

“440 Volt (https://youtu.be/y2i-QCubGZ0),” “Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai (https://youtu.be/aWMTj-rejvc),” and “Jag Ghoomeya (https://youtu.be/6TPcwWHZN_0)”

Zodiac’s (https://twitter.com/ZODIAC_MF) film scoring system

NEXT TIME: We shine the spotlight on Varun Dhawan and discuss his performances in Main Tera Hero, Badlapur, and Dishoom

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