#216: Bad Girls Club, Pt. 2 - Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Like the landmark 1991 film THELMA & LOUISE, the latest DC comics movie entry, BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) uses a recognizable form to take its female protagonists to some unfamiliar places. The newer film hasn’t received that same sort of critical acclaim as its predecessor, but some on our panel — which this week once again includes Angelica Jade Bastién of Vulture.com — argue why perhaps it should have, on the way to discussing what the two films share in their attitudes about female emancipation in a man’s world, and in their refreshing depictions of women misbehaving without remorse. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about THELMA & LOUISE, BIRDS OF PREY, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Show Notes: Works Cited • “It Doesn’t Take Much to Be Seen As an Unruly Woman,” by Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture.com) Your Next Picture Show • Genevieve: Hulu’s HIGH FIDELITY • Angelica: Paul Mazursky’s AN UNMARRIED WOMAN • Scott: Kitty Green’s THE ASSISTANT • Keith: Hong-jin Na’s THE WAILING Outro music: June Smollett-Bell, “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.3	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:56.1	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living
1:02.5	being?
1:02.8	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
1:10.3	Welcome back to The Next Picture Show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film and the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
1:16.7	I'm Keith Phipps here again with Scott Tobias.
1:19.2	Genevieve Kosky.
1:20.0	Tasha Robinson is on some kind of crime spree or something, but we do have our special guest, Angelica J. Bastian, join us again this week.
1:26.4	Hi, Angelica.
1:27.3	Hello, y'all. In our last episode, we revisited Thelman Louise, Angelica J. Bastian, join us again this week. Hi, Angelica. Hello, y'all.
1:28.4	In our last episode, we revisited Thelman Louise, the landmark 1991 film that used hallmarks of the
1:33.3	road movie to explore the state of gender relations. This week, we return our attention to another
1:37.9	movie that uses a recognizable form to go to some unexpected places, birds of prey, and the
1:42.6	fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn.
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