GBW #94: This is Not America (Spring Breakers / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Natural Born Killers)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three exhaustive, polarizing, auteurist satires about the heart of America, American pop culture, and American media. We start with Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers" from 2013, which one of us named as their #1 film of the 2010's and believes it's a stone-cold masterpiece in the way it depicts a generation callously raised on popular culture. Then, we move into Terry Gilliam's 1998 now-cult-classic "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," a film that has fun in fits and starts and two firecracker leads, but its point is muddied and is ultimately more numbing than exhilarating. Finally, we move into Oliver Stone's 1994 no-holds-barred media satire "Natural Born Killers," a film that is undeniably bold, superbly acted, yet deeply scattershot. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.