If you expected that the first ever This Week In Breeders movie episode would be a placid, predictable affair… oh buddy, get ready. Here’s an incomplete accounting of nonsense that went down over the course of our recording:
Sarah revealed the extremely inappropriate film that she and her siblings watched during a childhood snow day.
A few minutes later, we pause the episode because Sarah needed to buy Lily Allen concert tickets super urgently, and then we debrief every single possible element of that experience.
Sarah then reveals the EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL way that she got revenge on a super mean man she encountered on a plane.
Huh! When we put it like that, it sounds mostly like this was a Sarah Gone Wild Episode, and, sure, but (1). Who doesn’t want that? (2). It’s not like Garrett didn’t also go on multiple tangents (again!) about that character from K-Pop Demon Hunters whose only personality trait is “abs” and (3). None of that prevented us from peeling back so many layers about the movies that raised us, the movies that are raising our kids, and what they did and didn’t teach us about what boys and girls are allowed to do/be/feel.
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If you’re wondering… was it really THAT impressive that Sarah successfully purchased Lily Allen “West End Girl Tour” tickets, the answer is YES! Those puppies went fast!
Shout out to our pals at Dire Straights ( Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei), who you too can join for a Lily Allen concert in San Francisco for the low price of a one million dollar premium subscription to both of our pods.
The 2020 Geena Davis Institute report on gender representation in children’s films.
American International Pictures and the “Peter Pan Syndrome” marketing method (TV Tropes)
Spoilers for the plot twist hiding in your child’s Lego Friends Set (wait, mild mannered Paisley is secretly international pop star Ley-la????)
“Why Girls Can’t Be Goonies” (Wit and Folly, who has a standing invitation to watch Lily Allen with Sarah).
Boymom by Ruth Whippman , a very good book that Garrett has read once and that Sarah has read twice (but who’s counting).
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Two (2 Pants, Two sisterious)
U.S. Viewers Overwhelmingly Want to See More TV Shows Depicting Realistic Work-Life Balance, Family Care and Gender Equity: Survey (Variety, Todd Spangler).
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