Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, with emphasis on violence, authority, the Western, slavery, the film’s social purpose, and the importance of Paradise Lost.

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Episode 236: Through Candyland Took Their Solitary Way 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 wrap up the holiday’s Amazon Affiliate promotion, make a major announcement about the OTI 5th Anniversary Party in NYC on January 26, talk 48fps, consider the film adaptation of the Les Miserables musical, and read your pop culture New Year’s Resolutions. It’s a full episode.

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Episode 235: Eponine Can’t Ask Out Her Gay Boyfriend 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 overthink Instagram, our compulsive digital documentation of our lives, the moral imperative of memory, and what all these mean for creativity and art.

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Episode 234: Schrödinger’s Instagram 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, Ben Adams, and Mark Lee overthink The Hobbit, the future of the Lord of the Rings franchise, Life of Pi, and SantaCon.

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Episode 233: Bilbo Has Diabetes 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 overthink the avant-garde in art.

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Episode 232: Are You Not Edged? 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)]

Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, and Matthew Wrather overthink Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis.

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Episode 231: They Did Go Hungry Again 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, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink How to Live Without Irony.

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Further Reading

Episode 230: There’s Nothing New under The Hipster Cowboy Hat 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 talk about Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2. Special Thanks to Phil from Michigan for his email question.

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Episode 229: For Certain Definitions of Vampire 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, John Perich, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather overthink Skyfall, the latest entry in the James Bond francise, focusing on the place of bond—and the British empire—in the modern world, on the latent homoeroticism of all Bond villains, and on Javier Bardem’s luminescent dye job glowing in the loamy Scottish dusk.

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Episode 228: That’s Some Kings Quest 2 Level Detective Work 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—the dynamic trio of the OTI podcast—gather once more to overthink the end of Daylight Savings Time, the Disney-Lucasfilm merger, and the belated fourth anniversary of this podcast.

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Episode 227: Four-Lighting Your Friends 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)]