On this week's episode, Farzain Rahman ('23) and Erin Chun ('23) give us their hot takes on The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Air, including: the origin story of a mustachioed plumber with daddy issues, the sexual politics of Bowser, the girlbossification of Princess Peach, the genre of White Men Talking in Rooms, and what it means to root for a shoe. Are video game adaptations and stories about product marketing the future of movies? Plus, they discuss yet another rebranding of HBO Max and unpack the looming Hollywood writers strike.
This episode includes clips under fair use from Tár (Focus Features), Lady Bird (IAC Films), Barbie (Warner Bros.), and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (Cinereach).