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Reel 59: TANSTAAFL
For the record: Sean kinda hates this title, but there was nothing we workshopped that was any better, so. For the uninitiated, “TANSTAAFL” is an acronym meaning “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.” It derives from Robert Heinlein’s novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It’s one of my favorites of his,…
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On the ‘Gram
Hi, folks: Since we’re looking to move away from a certain other social media platform because Elon Killed the Blue Bird, we’ve finally created an Instagram feed. You can find us at: https://www.instagram.com/wordsandmoviespod because we’re clever that way.
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Reel 60: Hail Oceania
Yes, yes, we know. We skipped #59. There’s an explanation at the beginning of this episode, and Mea Culpa. #59 will be the next one we drop. And THAT, rather than this, will finish our tour Around the World in Twenty Films. (So, never mind what Sean says about it being the last stop.) The…
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Reel 58: This Woman’s Work
So many times, it seems, films where women are the central characters seem to treat those women as rather monolithic That may not be quite the right word; let me amend that to say that they’re often treated the same way. Too many of them fail the Bechdel Test*, and that’s a pity. In our…
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A Brief Intermission
Hi there, folks: We know that you’ve been absolutely clamoring for the next episode (shhh, just let us have this), and we’re eager to get it to you. But we learned a couple of days ago that our opening/closing credits are outdated (more even than we thought when we first found out), and so we’re…
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Reel 57: Wedding Blues
To quote from a certain Very Impressive Clergyman, “Mawage is wot bwings us togeder today.” Weddings are kind of weird. You get a lot of friends and family together, and it’s a multi-day thing leading up to a relatively small amount of time for the ceremony and subsequent reception. (It reminds me of the Super…
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