Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos

This episode was recorded earlier this year in March. As we both have been going through major life transitions, we had put recording and editing on hold for a few months. We realize that these consistent delays in releasing our episodes have been too frequent and prolonged that it's no longer funny to jest about this in our episode description (or maybe it still is a little funny...) but trust us, we are now back (for real). We have a real conversation about Yorgos Lanthimos' vibrant and outlandish 2023 feature Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Christopher Abbott. We discuss the wonderfully eccentric humor of the screenplay and the controversial creative decisions that came along with it. We also, rather enthusiastically, defend a more dignified and dare we say more accurate feminist reading of the film against the less generous critics and detractors. As with the movie itself, this recording was clearly a fun time: you're never too old to laugh at juvenile quips and observations.