Found Family and Melancholia: Unpacking Early Wes Anderson
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
Amanda and Emma uncover the common themes of Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001 ..read more
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Looking Through a Glass Onion: Rian Johnson's Whodunits and Late Stage Capitalism
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
Amanda and Emma consider capitalist critiques in Rian Johnson's delicious whodunits, "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion ..read more
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Persuasion; Or, How Things Can Go Very Wrong (or Very Right) When Adapting Austen
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
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
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This Ship is Sailing! Why We Love Our Flag Means Death
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
Amanda and Emma consider the sweet wonders of piratical love at sea in Our Flag Means Death.  ..read more
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CODA: An Amazing Movie with a Bad High School Musical Subplot
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
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
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No More Ross Hate: Joel Cohen's The Tragedy of Macbeth
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
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
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Succession Season 3: The Rise of Roman and Tom
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
Welcome to Season 2 of X/Z. It's sequel time. We return to Succession and the world of horrible rich people ..read more
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BBC's Ghosts: What Will It Take To Move On?
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
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
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Just Make a Pro-Shot! When Film Musicals Go Wrong
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
6M ago
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
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HBO's Succession: These people are really, really bad.
X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse
by XZCrossGenerational
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
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