Deep Thoughts about Men in Black

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

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This week, Emily dives into the remarkably subversive 1997 film Men in Black. Despite looking like nothing more than an entertaining summer blockbuster that merged sci-fi and comedy, MiB actually asks the audience to rethink what they know about immigration, xenophobia, race, policing, government, and even the buddy-cop genre. Tracie and Emily truly enjoy revisiting this old favorite that seems especially prescient in the current political climate.

Take a listen and we promise not to use the flashy-thing memory-messer-upper on you!

Mentioned in this episode:

https://collider.com/men-in-black-unconscious-bias/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/hkolix/men_in_black_and_the_art_of_a_racial_subtext_in_a/

Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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1. Deep Dive Into Men in Black (00:00:00)

2. Men in Black Plot Overview (00:08:06)

3. Interstellar Recruitment and Bug Threat (00:18:57)

4. Subverting Buddy Cop Tropes (00:32:07)

5. Men in Black (00:42:04)

6. Exploring Subversion and Good Governance (00:53:10)