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We’ve come to watch it wealthfully at Padua High as we dive into a sea of nostalgia with 10 Things I Hate About You! Don’t worry, fam - this one mostly holds up. In fact, Kat reads more shrewd than shrew, women are taking control of their own lives and destinies, the villain gets knocked out by Alex Mack, and there’s a lot of shouting about placenta. What’s not to love? Brush up your Shakespeare, dust off your crimson cape, and join us!

Tempestuous!

• Doogie Howser reboot on the way: https://deadline.com/2020/09/doogie-kamealoha-md-doogie-howser-female-led-reboot-picked-up-series-disney-plus-1234574289/ 
• Enjoy the Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse this Fall: https://thedisinsider.com/2020/09/14/the-wonderful-world-of-mickey-mouse-shorts-coming-to-disney/ 
• More details on GroupWatch: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/11/21432411/disney-plus-watch-party-feature-test-canada-scener-netflix-amazon-prime-video
• Twenty years after ‘10 Things’ at Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjmmdm/twenty-years-later-10-things-i-hate-about-you-is-more-relevant-than-youd-expect 
• Ditto for the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/arts/10-things-i-hate-about-you-heath-ledger.html 

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We know perfect isn’t easy, but that’s hardly an excuse. This week we watch 1988’s Oliver & Company and grapple with one of the questions the film asks us from nearly the beginning: Why should we care? The music still slaps - despite the unused talents of Sheryl Lee Ralph - but otherwise we’re not entirely sure about the longstanding value of this Dickensian mish mosh. Sure, it’s the only role in which Billy Joel doesn’t play himself... but is that it? Make no bones about it, we were doggone frustrated this week. But hey - why should we ca-a-re?

Doowopilation!

• Gizmodo on the possibility of “GroupWatch” on Disney+: https://gizmodo.com/hidden-code-on-the-disney-site-suggests-a-watch-party-1844906374
• Polygon brings you the full list of new arrivals: https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/2020/9/1/21403902/disney-plus-new-movies-tv-watch-september-2020 

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This week Josh and Clancy are joined by CNET’s Ashley Esqueda as they attempt to land a bullseye with 1973’s Robin Hood. She’s a lady, and she’s been waiting to join us on Nonplussed! We discuss our respective pubescent feelings about anthropomorphic animals, the tragic fate of the rabbit family’s patriarch, and Josh’s history with hamster dance. Golly, what a day!

Oodelally!

• Check out the recycled animation set to some Christina Aguilera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjmaOj3_sKk
• Check out The Hollywood Reporter’s original review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/robin-hood-review-1973-animated-movie-1163432
• Dive into the pervasive history of Song of the South on You Must Remember This: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2019/10/21/six-degrees-of-song-of-the-south-episode-1-disneys-most-controversial-film

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This week we might solve a mystery while critically examining history in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. Y’all know what we say about nostalgia, and it holds true in the case of this moderately problematic childhood favorite. More than questionable racial depictions, Doc Brown screaming as a menagerie of mustachioed animals, and count the whackaroonies with us on this week’s Nonplussed! 

Awoo-oo!

• Coming this month on Disney+: https://www.pcmag.com/news/everything-coming-to-disney-plus
• Variety covers the Mulan distribution plan: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/mulan-disney-plus-premiere-1234711185/
• Catch Hari Kondabolu’s The Problem with Apu on TruTV: https://www.trutv.com/shows/the-problem-with-apu

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This week we take a big ol’ bite out of Pixar’s Ratatouille, and try really hard not to spit it back out. We scrabble at answering the big questions: How much electricity a rat can take? How effective is Linguini’s gaslighting? Why is Colette the only woman with speaking lines? Clancy cooks up a ratspiracy that Josh just can’t swallow while enjoying the sights (!), smells (?), and tastes (!?) of France. Set aside your egos and join us as we examine the life of the littlest chef in Paris.

Order up!

• Index of all Pixar Technical Memos: http://graphics.pixar.com/library/

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This week, we break down the latest and greatest addition to Disney+: Hamilton. We gush about the turntable, the costumes, the voices. We dissect to the best of our ability the few musical themes we could spot. We talk (briefly and naively) about the show being an entryway into more in-depth learning and critical thinking of the founding fathers. And even after all that - we bring on the one and only Gillian Pensavalle host of The Hamilcast (also of The Residuals, True Crime Obsessed, and Ted and Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones) about having the show whenever we want it for the low, low price of $6.99 a month.

Have you read this?

• “Correcting Hamilton,” The Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/
• “In ‘The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,’ Ishmael Reed Revived an Old Debate,” The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/in-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda-ishmael-reed-revives-an-old-debate
• The Washington Post speaks with the Cabinet about Helpless/Satisfied: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/one-key-scene-helped-cement-hamilton-as-a-broadway-legend-the-team-that-crafted-it-explains-how/2018/11/21/a1dcaba6-e915-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html
• Follow the trajectory of The Bullet at DigitalSpy: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a33022157/hamilton-disney-plus-the-bullet-explained/

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This week, we get all caught up in Tangled with our very first guest! Steven Ray Morris (See Jurassic Right, The Purrrcast, My Favorite Murder) joins us this week as we marvel at Rapunzel’s neck strength, discover parallels between Mother Gothel and cult leaders, and develop an awkward ship for a man and his adversarial horse. 

• How Dinosaur Shaped the Disney Landscape Forever, SyFy: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dinosaur-2000-disney-changes-secret-lab
• Tangled, Something That I Want (Grace Potter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=w1x8Aum_IUk&feature=emb_logo
• Comfort Viewing: Three Reasons I Love the Movie ‘Tangled.’ NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/movies/stream-movie-tangled.html

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We were bugged by a few things with this week’s movie. Dated graphics aside (that’s just gonna happen with animation), our ultimate take on A Bug’s Life is that it’s… fine. Just fine. The message is ultimately a bit muddled and, frankly, is unnecessarily hindered by punchlines that did not age well. Truly, we were nonplussed. 

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Nothing you could say could tear us away from Sister Act! Join us as we follow the quintessential nun on the run in the Touchstone/Buena Vista 1992 film that was, unsurprisingly, one of the most successful comedies of the early 90s! Check your battery and sway along to some Motown praise with us!

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Read more about the Zenamation series here: https://www.fatherly.com/play/new-disney-zenamations-series-remixes-disney-movies-to-make-them-relaxing/

And get the scoop on the Pixar’s latest short, Out, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/arts/disney-pixar-gay-out.html 

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This week we’re living for and cheering on postmodern fantasy with Disney/Pixar’s 2020 film, Onward! Join us as we talk through our own catharsis, mild elf sexualization, traffic anxiety, and too many homoerotic innuendos to count - in defiance of critical assessments that for some reason deems this movie “less than.” Get on our level of emotional turmoil, nerds!

Get the full scoop on Hamilton coming to Disney+ from the New York Times here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/hamilton-movie-disney-plus.html

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