150. Extremely Off-Broadway (SNW 2.09)

Anika studied musical theatre at college. Liz outrighted hated musicals until two weeks ago. And they're here to discuss … "Subspace Rhapsody"! And also fight crime. Star Trek crime. Which this episode is not, except when it is. Liz did a crash course in musicals, and then "Subspace Rhapsody" kind of does the same thing! "It's bad because it's Strange New Worlds, not because it's a musical." Liz has some comments about sound mixing, which is PRETTY RICH coming from someone whose podcast sounds the way it does We've had a season of characterisation via romance to build up to a musical! It all makes sense! (Except that it's all so straight!) La'an and Una are failing the Bechdel test in song! We need more Batel, less Pike Christine Chapel has never done anything wrong, ever, in her entire life, and Anika has never loved her more "It's like the put all the pieces on the board, and then they threw the board in the trash" - the SNW Story If you look up "liberal white men who step back and let Black women do all the work of saving the world" you'll find a picture of Chris Pike