The Show Game

Content warning: A heads up for everybody listening to this episode, we are going to be talking about pregnancy loss on this episode, and we just wanted to give you notice. We had a lot of fun delving into Away We Go, and the many themes and characters, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording this.  *Redaction: Please note Vendela Vida and Dave Eggers are married and Co-Wrote Away We Go.   

How have films influenced our lives personally?  In this episode we delve into ten films that had an impact on us as people. 

In this episode we try to walk the lines of critical thinking, criticism, and adoration, for a movie we don't necessarily agree on...

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We talk earliest memories of trailers, the anticipation and excitement for the film they were promoting, best and worst trailers we've seen and more.

In this epsiode Ariel and Ilan nerd out about the movie Booksmart. We talk about what makes a compelling character arc, the long overdue representation of queer protagonists and characters who don't fall into 'traditional' Hollywood concepts of beauty, dissecting the comedy genre (for better and worse), what we were like as teens and much more.

Ariel and Ilan nerd out about Director Rian Johnson's many layered and star studded "whodonit" film Knives Out - Discussing  compelling human aspects of the film, major themes, favorite lines and laugh out loud moments.  

Ilan and Ariel break down their favorite characters, scenes, and moments of the movie and of course answer "What is the show game?" This is Where I leave you is a film about a family coming together over tragedy, bringing all that they are to the table and holding the tension between grief and humor.

Ariel perhaps coins a new term: "The flat Soda Effect."  Listen in as we explore how this applies in the comedy genre.