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Episode 439: Arrival Both Goes Big and Goes Home

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Peter Fenzel, Amanda Jordá Avisati, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather join to discuss Arrival, focusing on the problems of causality, narrative stakes, message, language, and thought the film raises. In addition, we suggest further “bad” titles to carry the torch of Bad Santa 2.

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  • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
  • Amanda Jordá Avisati: @amandajorda
  • Mark Lee: @goestoTwelve
  • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
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