862. Frame Rate: What The Electric State Says About Capitalism and Art

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The boys watched The Electric State (2025) which recently premiered on Netflix. It’s almost a state of the union of how America bottles up revolution and sells it back to us in corporate packages. Is this detrimental to art? Is the commoditization of art bad? Or is it just an American enterprise that creates fun films that pass the time? Features: Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The so Swame.
0:30.7	Oh yeah, Michael Swam.
0:31.9	Abe Jefferson Frame Rate.
0:34.3	What's the best mascot to lead a robot rebellion in a failed capital state?
0:40.3	Matthew Lesko, the question mark suit guy who gets you free money from the government?
0:46.3	No, you mean that's a robot, right?
0:49.3	Yeah, yeah.
0:50.3	What, uh, so like, yeah, if it was Simpsons. Well, obviously in this film, spoilers for Electric State.
0:56.1	Free on net.
0:56.7	Not free.
0:57.5	It's on Netflix.
0:58.5	The Mr. Peanut, right, is used as like an Abraham Lincoln.
1:01.8	And like, so that's the real, that's the real brand that they use.
1:05.3	Um, for a revolution.
1:07.3	Well, see, that's the inherent problem that I'm sure we'll discuss the mascot of a brand should not lead a
1:13.5	revolution but um if I had to pick one Sonic the Hedg-Fox Sonic the Hedgehog oh Carfax the Carfax fox
1:21.5	yeah yeah I'm thinking carfog but because Mr. Peanuts not a robot it's a robotic iteration of him
1:27.2	so we don't have to think of a robot mascot, like that robot. I mean, they just made it a robot. They just made it a robot. Yeah, yeah. So I'd go with Sonic the Hedgehog. Oh, Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic from Sonic City. Final answer. Oh, it's a Sonic video. He's so red. He's a rebel. That's the, I was also thinking about flow from progressive.
1:45.4	Like I watch the shirt,
1:46.4	don't we?
1:46.9	Isn't that Milana?
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