TAP Snaps

This week the boys discuss the wild world of social media influencers. Blake looks inward while talking about the ethics of Belle Delphine’s professional thirst-trapping. Liam is tickled by a Chinese vlogger’s identity reveal while Blake and Tarver are tickled by Liam’s pronunciation. Finally, the boys take a look at the recent Haley Morales controversy where a sour interaction led to a super-fan’s attempted suicide.

Special edition: Trial episode! This week the boys get into the John Thicc of it discussing the 2014 action blockbuster that reformed the genre and brought Keanu back into all of our hearts. A LOT of ass gets kicked and a lot of people get shot a bunch. Tarver, Blake and Liam aim their very manly machine guns this beloved murder-fest to see what's really good with Gun-fu.

This one is thick. This week the boys discuss the strange case of the Grievance Studies and the experiment's implications on the humanities. Also, Berkeley, Cal.'s new policy to un-gender certain terms. Finally the boys get to Scarlett Johansson's take on casting issues in Hollywood, the larger theme of true-to-life casting, and the effects it can have on art.

Liam's pick! This week the boys do their best to play it straight discussing Mike Nichols' 1996 comedy The Birdcage. Good lord what a banger. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane star as a gay, drag-club-owning couple who agree to parade as straight men to help their son convince his fiance's conservative Senator father (Gene mf Hackman) to let them get married. Also a bunch of other stuff happens. Also it was shot by the same guy who filmed The Revenant and Birdman. Get you some.

This one is saucy. This week the boys discuss Chris Morgan's, AKA The Bagel Boss Guy's, public freakout and the whirlwind media storm that followed. WOMEN. IN GENERAL. ON DATING SITES may be interested in this content. The boys also break down the recent violent conflict between members of the Portland chapter of Antifa and journalist Andy Ngo, and discuss the larger ramifications of using violence to suppress opposition. Finally we move the Area 51 meme storm, the type of people who want to clap alien cheeks, and how many people it would take to break into a military compound.

Tarver's pick! This week the boys visit another world, another time, in the age of wonder. Blake, Liam and Tarver draw upon the power of the crystal to journey from the valley of the Mystics to witness the great Conjunction! And also to talk about Jim Henson's 1982 classic. Skeksis, Gelflings, Aughra- all that. Tarver also hits us with an awesome scene rewrite.

EPISODE NOTE: We had some audio difficulties this week due to a hot, hot laptop, so audiophiles be warned.

That said, this one gets wild. The boys discuss the ratio of trolls to bros in regard to the controversy supposedly surrounding Halle Bailey's casting as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Jeffrey Epstein beginning to face the consequences of his actions after years of moneying his way out, and Liam brings up the Microsoft ebook situation- which as it turns out, isn't that big of a deal.

This week the boys get infected with Rage discussing Danny Boyle's 2002 zombie thriller 28 Days Later.

This week the boys discuss just what the hell is going on with the recent slew of tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic, the potential mining of an asteroid worth more than the global economy (and others just like it), and AMC Theaters' plan to put butts in seats for movies that aren't about super heroes or big-ass sharks, and the movie-going experience in general.

This week the boys discuss Mike Nichols/Aaron Sorkin's Charlie Wilson's War.