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This week, the Shat The Movies boys dust off their prep school blazers and follow Robin Williams into Welton Academy for 1989's Dead Poets Society.
Commissioned by listener Rob F., this Oscar-winning coming-of-age drama gave the world "Carpe Diem," a standing-on-desks finale, and enough inspiration to launch a thousand "cool teacher" clichés. But does it still move us 35 years later, or has it become too earnest for its own good?
Gene and Big D wrestle with their own school baggage while debating whether John Keating is a saintly mentor or a reckless enabler who lit fires in his students without offering any guardrails.
We revisit Ethan Hawke's breakout role, the betrayal of Cameron (still unforgivable), and whether Neil's tragedy hits harder as adults who now understand the crushing weight of parental expectation.
Along the way, Big D confesses he usually hates "inspirational teacher" movies, Gene compares Keating's lessons to Krav Maga, and both hosts admit Robin Williams nails his most delicate performance without veering into schmaltz.
Is Dead Poets Society timeless poetry, or just a prep school fantasy that collapses under its own sentimentality? Seize the day and find out.
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This week, the Shat The Movies boys dust off their prep school blazers and follow Robin Williams into Welton Academy for 1989's Dead Poets Society.
Commissioned by listener Rob F., this Oscar-winning coming-of-age drama gave the world "Carpe Diem," a standing-on-desks finale, and enough inspiration to launch a thousand "cool teacher" clichés. But does it still move us 35 years later, or has it become too earnest for its own good?
Gene and Big D wrestle with their own school baggage while debating whether John Keating is a saintly mentor or a reckless enabler who lit fires in his students without offering any guardrails.
We revisit Ethan Hawke's breakout role, the betrayal of Cameron (still unforgivable), and whether Neil's tragedy hits harder as adults who now understand the crushing weight of parental expectation.
Along the way, Big D confesses he usually hates "inspirational teacher" movies, Gene compares Keating's lessons to Krav Maga, and both hosts admit Robin Williams nails his most delicate performance without veering into schmaltz.
Is Dead Poets Society timeless poetry, or just a prep school fantasy that collapses under its own sentimentality? Seize the day and find out.
Subscribe Now
Help Support the Podcast

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