Moments of Truth (“Poor Things,” George)

Jeff and Sasha considered many topics earlier today (i.e., Sunday, 10.1) including the first big NYFF viewings of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Poor Things” (which contains, by the way, a really tasty dance sequence).  How will this imaginative, brazenly sexual Frankenstein-like film be received by the New Academy Kidz (i.e., the identity-above-quality crowd) and how will it settle in with older traditional liberals?  Toward the end we talked about the now permanently banned “George”, and why he finally got the HE axe.01:00 — Strike/AI04:00 —Superhero movies/box office pre-COVID05:00 —Weakening celebrity cred09:52 —Barbie14:40 — Snow White20:00 — Does “woke” ruin movies? 21:00 — Does opposition to “woke” make people uncomfortable?24:00 —The cocoon of the left / what’s wrong with being a liberal?28:00 —Trans stuff31:00 —Movies at the theater back in the 1960s40:00 — The shrinking Oscar race44:00 — Poor Things49:00 —Juliette Binoche lead or supporting54:00—If Barbie was Poor Things55:00—Banning George from the comments60:05—Politics stuff70:00—Online media overtaking television70:01—Sideways couldn’t be made today just because of the launch of the iphone and social media, and what a great movie it is. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heplus.substack.com/subscribe