Get ready to get pitch-slapped! Andrew and Monica arguably go a bit too far in their spoiler-filled analysis of Pitch Perfect, tackling everything from the marketing to its presentation of obesity and gender. Are films like this just a corporate cash-grab? How is Rebel Wilson different from Melissa McCarthy? And what’s up with all the John Hughes love in movies lately? Tune in to find out.
SHOW NOTES:
0:22 - Intro and clip
2:14 - A battle of the sexes
6:05 - Controlling the group’s sexuality, feminism, etc.
8:36 - A corporate cash-grab?
12:29 - Similarities with Bridesmaids, the gross-out comedy
15:50 - Comparing Rebel Wilson’s presentation of overweight characters to that of Melissa McCarthy
22:53 - Yet another movie that loves John Hughes
26:58 - Awkward jokes about race and homosexuality
29:58 - Show close
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