Ep: 20 Queen and Slim and The Platform

As promised:

We’re proud to introduce the newest member of the What Are Travis and Elaine Watching family (and our actual family), Kenny!

Another listener put to sleep by our podcast!

And at 6 months old, Margot! Come on, right??

Clearly has not been listening to our podcast!

The Power of Film

Smack in the middle of the RNC Convention, we decided to showcase two movies that are currently streaming that exemplify the power of storytelling in film to inform our awareness, world view, and, ultimately, our personal politics.

Queen and Slim

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith
Photo: Photograph by Andre D. Wagner Universal Pictures

A Bonnie and Clyde for the BLM set? We discuss why this Queen and Slim is so much more. We also talk about other films in this same vein and why they are so important. We also look at one of our favorite scenes and the blues legend, Little Freddy King. Queen and Slim is currently streaming on HBO and HBO Now. You can purchase on Prime Video.

Poster
Photograph by Andre D. Wagner Universal Pictures

The Platform (El Hoyo)

The Platform is a Spanish import, now streaming on Netflix. But no movie we’ve seen recently more adeptly exemplifies our “trickle-down” American way. We need more dystopian allegories like this one, even if it means fewer zombies, but it doesn’t, “obvio!”