This week the Satirists cover a timely film for once (wink wink, nudge nudge), in this episode on Wonder Woman 1984. Listen in for the latest scoop on the problematic nature of classic movie tropes about beauty, the importance of 80’s fashion shows, the problems with the capitalist myth of scarcity, and how magic wishing stones work in practice. The crew also has a bone to pick (bones to pick?) with the editors of this film or whoever made the decisions that created the scenario that we got, like burying the lead when it comes to why we should care about Maxwell Lord, the woefully mismanaged narrative arc that we were left with for Barbara, or the scene bloat that just wouldn’t ease up. Check out the episode to hear more about their take on this unnecessarily nostalgic fantasy film.
