Pilot Boiz

This week we cried watching Ava DuVernay’s  When They See Us. We talked about DuVernay’s ongoing project with her work, the broken booking system, and the lessons parents have to teach for survival in a world that devalues them.

This week we got an early preview of the Good Omens pilot. Hear us talk about nature vs. nurture, determinism, and other Neil Gaiman adapted work. BONUS: Cesar recorded illegal audio of a Q&A with Gaiman.

This week we talk about HBO’s Chernobyl. We discussed the history of the event, the Cold War as a lens, and the politics of the show.

This week we unlock the door with the key of imagination, we cross over into The Twilight Zone. We talk about comedy’s role in a social and political space, deals with the devil, and the divisiveness of GoT’s final season.

This week’s episode has a very special guest, our boi Gab Chabran. This episode is a double bill Miracle Workers and Bless This Mess. This pod is slowly becoming the L.A. Taco pod, next week our guest is an actual taco.

This week we talk about about Latinx representation in animation, from Coco to Victor and Valentino. And oddly enough, wrestling. Trumpito lives and dies by kayfabe.

Yo bitch! This week we revisit Breaking Bad. We talk about how purposeful the pilot is, the legacy of the show, and the show’s dark metaphor for the American dream. Grab your tighty whities because we have to cook and throw pizzas on the roof.

This week we gush over the movie-turned-TV-series What We Do In The Shadows. We debate whether we’re post-vampire, post-mockumentary, and meta themes being baked into media. So grind down your teeth into fangs because we’re hunting LARPing virgins.

This week we review Hulu’s original show, Shrill. We talk about personal experience of being fat and past representations of fatness in media.

This week we tackle The Other Two. We talk about tween viral sensation and the increased vanity of the social media age.