Overthinking It Podcast

Episode 463: The Emotional Transportation Business


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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather cannot believe what is going on in their Facebook feeds. Why are people saying such awful things about Guardians of the Glaaxy, Vol. 2?! They ask whether sentimentality is a sufficient condition for a movie, and they wonder what makes a great wedding reception playlist, with detours into literary criticism, acting technique, and music theory.

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Further Reading
  • Does the Dog Die dot com
  • Movies Where You Will Cry Your Eyes Out
  • Jodie Foster on Inside the Actor’s Studio
  • “Get in the emotional transportation business!” by Peter Guber
  • “bathos” defined on Dictionary.com
  • Episode 463: The Emotional Transportation Business originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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