TT and Dan talk about Disney & Pixar's newest movie, SOUL (2020), and what it says about race (often without seeming to be aware that it's saying anything). They also talk about the evolution of Pixar and what's changed about the fantasies in its movies.

(0:00) TT attempts to tell Dan a joke

(2:28) Our affective check-ins w/ one another, 12 months into the pandemic

(17:30) TT's haiku: "If a Black man fell / without a white soul inside, / would it make a sound?"

(22:23) Strange moments in SOUL that seem obviously to be about race, except the movie doesn't seem to realize it

(37:50) How to think about the film's message that Black death is not permanent

(40:00) SOUL is a remake of TITANIC (shout-out to Žižek)

(52:18) Dan really wants to talk to TT about flowy aesthetics

(1:03:00) Dan's haiku: "SOUL is made / for kids. But too bad there are / no kids left."

(1:05:40) The increasing preachiness of Pixar since WALL-E

(1:11:20) In TOY STORY, the toys' separate existence from the child is a metaphor for the child's parents