Special Episode 14: Birds of Prey
(and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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.
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!!)
