Special Episode 14: Birds of Prey

Drawn in by the lure of 4DX—where you can get sprayed by mist and punched by your own chair while you try to enjoy a film—Elizabeth and Flourish traveled to Times Square to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), or is it now Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, or is it—you know, whatever it was called, it was a total delight. They talk about the film itself, female-led comic-book properties, moral ambivalence onscreen, and more. Then Flourish breaks down exactly what “underperforming” means in Hollywood, and how that contrasts with the sea of well-meaning but slightly misinformed fan commentary.

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Show Notes

[00:00:00] As always, our intro music is “Awel” by stefsax, used under a CC BY 3.0 license. It’s our outro music this time, too!

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[00:05:01] Batnipples:

[00:10:28] We talked about Captain Marvel in Special Episode 11, “The Marvel-Industrial Complex.”

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[00:39:30] Elizabeth’s talking about this comic, and it is worth clicking through, you will feel deep horror at the human condition, we promise… 

[00:42:51] The whole internet has told us that Montoya is the explicitly queer one, thank you! (It was…somewhat blink and you’ll miss it!!)