X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Mother/daughter team Amanda and Emma chat about culture from the perspectives of a Gen X-er and a Gen Z-er.
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Amanda and Emma uncover the common themes of Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001 ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
6M ago
Amanda and Emma consider capitalist critiques in Rian Johnson's delicious whodunits, "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
6M ago
Amanda and Emma do a bit of compare and contrast, as they discuss three adaptations of Jane Austen's Persuasion: 1995 starring Amanda Root and CiarĂ¡n Hinds, 2007 with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, and the ill-begotten 2022 version featuring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Amanda and Emma consider the sweet wonders of piratical love at sea in Our Flag Means Death.  ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Emma and Amanda script doctor the Oscar contender CODA. There's a great movie in there somewhere, but the High School Musical stuff has to go ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Amanda and Emma analyze Joel Cohen's Oscar-bait film, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). The witch(es)! The crows! And is Ross actually the protagonist of the play? What ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Welcome to Season 2 of X/Z. It's sequel time. We return to Succession and the world of horrible rich people ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Join Amanda and Emma for a Halloween-inspired discussion of the BBC comedy show Ghosts. We explore the traumas that are keeping these spirits earthbound and speculate about what might set them free.  ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
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Inspired by the recent blow-up over Dear Evan Hansen, Amanda and Emma do a deep-dive into film adaptations of stage musicals that have gone terribly wrong (we're looking at you, Phantom, Les Mis, and Cats ..read more
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
6M ago
Amanda and Emma spoil Seasons 1 and 2 of HBO's Succession in all its Shakespearean glory. And you'll learn why it takes a lot of Gregs to make a Tomlette ..read more