Listen ""Aim Careful & Look the Devil in the Eye": Sin City"
Episode Synopsis
Fans and followers rejoice! We're back!To kick off Season 2, Stephen and McKenzie descend into the inky shadows of Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City, a graphic novel adaptation so faithful it required Rodriguez to quit the DGA just to give Miller co-director credit. From the cherry-red pop of Dwight’s Converse to the monochrome moralities of Marv, Hartigan, and Gail’s army of dominatrix enforcers, we’re unpacking a film that’s equal parts visually stunning and thematically... complicated.Topics include:Millerian morality and the myth of individualized virtueHobbesian justice in a world without a LeviathanPerformative masculinity and the "white knight" complexNancy as the final girl whose trauma is dressed up as titillationBrittany Murphy appreciation (with a side of Cherry Falls)The very real absurdity of naming your silent cannibal ninja... Kevin.Plus, our segment favorites return:FMK: Academic Style – Do we Enjoy it, Teach it, or Write a journal article about it?Geek Out Moment – Dwight’s red Chucks, Brittany Murphy’s brilliance, and a film that makes you feel like you’ve been chain-smoking in the rain."Sponsor" Break – This episode brought to you by The Salesman: solving problems with discretion since... well, that’s confidential.Whether you’re a noir aficionado or just here for the chiaroscuro and gunfire, join us as we ask the important questions: Is virtue still virtue when it comes with a body count (not that kind, you pervert)? And why does every man in this movie fall in love after one night?
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