Overthinking It Podcast

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Rachel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink the remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and ask all the important questions: Is it woke? Why a remake? When is it set, and what does our knowledge of French political history add to the plot? And are the songs any good?

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Episode 455: Don’t Woke The Beast 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)]

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather rush into the bedroom to gather up the discursive children interrupting the important analysis of the BCC Korea Expert’s video. In the end, only one thing is clear: If you imbue the graven image with some sort of philosophical quality or some sort of normative quality, you’ve probably done something false.

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Episode 454: SNAFU 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)]

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather head from Mexico to the promised land of Canada as they discuss Logan: Its excellent acting and filmmaking, its status as an “X-Men Movie,” its artistic project on both a personal and a political level.

Spoilers for Logan. You should see the movie first.

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Episode 453: It’s Called Logan because That’s Wolverine’s Name 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)]

Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather pick their jaws up off the floor and discuss the botched announcement of Moonlight’s Oscar win over La La Land and analyze the 89th Academy Awards as a television show, a live event, and a reflection on cinema.

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Episode 452: The Good Wine the First Time or the Good Wine the Second Time 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)]

Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather wonder why anyone would(n’t) like Alfred, Lord Tennyson, examine the difference and the distance between the public and the private self, offer detailed exegesis of Yu-Gi-Oh! and the Team Four Star parodies of Dragonball Z, and suggest there is a difference between watching the same thing and watching it together.

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Episode 451: You Can Never Tell Anyone That I Told You It Was Good 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)]

Rachel, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather consider whether The LEGO Batman Movie is in fact the best Batman movie of all time.

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Episode 450: No Batman is an Island 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)]

Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather talk Super Bowl LI commercials and halftime show, breaking down two distinct sets of marketing messages. They can’t both be right… can they?

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The exit polls.
Then the first Florida returns.
This all feels very familiar.

— Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) February 6, 2017

Episode 449: This Commercial Knows Which Side It’s On 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)]

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss Hidden Figures, the meaning of a “protagonist,” who exactly has the right stuff, and the relationship between social progress and individual excellence, as well as immigrants in our own families, Irish vs. Polish potato farmers, and our favorite fictional immigrants (beyond Superman), most of them vampires.

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Episode 448: Hidden Figures: The People Who Weren’t In “The Right Stuff” 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)]

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather hop on the skateboard for a trip back into the Xander Zone with xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.

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Episode 447: xXx: The World Will Catch Sick Air 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)]

Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather consider what it means to live with purpose, and end up talking mostly about Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

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Episode 446: They Look Like Clocks and Candles but They Can Actually Sing and Dance 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)]