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Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material has the usual material used to manufacture a gay romance. Whether it chips out the cliches or builds on them is the question. This episode investigates.
Timestamps/Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:55 The Plot
03:51 The Style
05:18 PR and Lucien
06:32 Oliver Blackwood
07:48 Conversation
08:45 On Repeat
09:28 So?
10:30 P.S.
11:04 Wrap-up
Transcript: https://bit.ly/3To9uak (https://bit.ly/3To9uak)
Background Score: I had a Feeling: TrackTribe | Lazy Laura: Quincas Moreira | Waltz of The Flowers: Tchaikovsky
1 Nov 2023
SE01E02 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury
A ban on books. An overdose of entertainment and disinformation. A murderous protocol. And a population smack dab in the middle of all of it. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 plays with these elements and sketches a tale that could have been written just the other day. This episode walks through the premise of the novel and tries to get a sense of how vivid and poignant Bradbury’s imagination was as it took on the grim realities of what he thought might be the norm in the distant future.
Transcript: https://rb.gy/jk1d7 (https://rb.gy/jk1d7)
5 Jun 2022
SE01E01 | Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored
Mention Rishi Kapoor to anyone in India and they’ll tell you that that Bollywood superstar of the 70s and romance go hand in hand. Armed with a smile to charm the pants off anyone, Rishi made it big with hits such as the path-breaking Bobby (1973), the musical murder mystery Khel Khel Mein (1975), and the iconic Amar Akbar Anthony (1977). But was he the chocolate hero he portrayed on screen who knew exactly how to make his leading ladies swoon? And was he the picture of perfection and obedience every Indian mother wanted her son to be?
Find out in this review of Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored—his definitive autobiography that the superstar co-wrote with Meena Iyer.
Transcript: https://rb.gy/pfss1 (https://rb.gy/pfss1)
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