Battle Royale (25th Anniversary)
This Ends at Prom
Brennan Klein
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
"So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules."
25 years ago, Kinji Fukasaku brought the infamous novel BATTLE ROYALE to life, and essentially invented a new subgenre of dystopian teen cinema. In honor of the film's anniversary, The Wives Colangelo are exploring the incredibly bleak messaging the film has about generational division, government-sanctioned violence, and the disposability of youth. Don't worry, this week's episode will also get into the discourse surrounding the film's connection to THE HUNGER GAMES, and why Quentin Tarantino doesn't know what he's talking about.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations, and welcome to This Ends at Prom. |
| 0:05.0 | A coming-of-age podcast highlighting cinema about or marketed towards teen girls. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm one of your hosts, BJ Colangelo, and I'm joined by my wife. |
| 0:14.6 | Harmony Colangelo, a trans woman who grew up watching none of these movies. |
| 0:18.9 | Is today's movie a Queen Bee? |
| 0:20.9 | Or are we killing the teen dream? |
| 0:23.2 | Get in loser. |
| 0:24.4 | We're analyzing the movies. |
| 0:25.8 | People make fun of us for loving. |
| 0:28.5 | I don't want to be your merch girl. |
| 0:31.8 | I want to be your goddamn idol. |
| 0:35.3 | And I don't want to have to work twice as hard for the same motherfucking |
| 0:40.3 | title but I realize that I probably won't be so lucky. |
| 1:00.2 | You know what? |
| 1:05.5 | I too would stab somebody in the dick if I found out that they were spreading rumors about me. |
| 1:10.4 | Sure. I think it would depend on the rumors. That's a great point. It would depend on the rumor. I hear that she puts ketchup on her hot dog. You bastard! Okay, that one, I'm just going to give you a little flick. Give a little flick. Flick them on the tip? Yeah, you're going to get tip flicked for that one. Okay. But if it was something horrible, yeah, then you're going to get stabbed with this knife that I got in my bag. Yeah, stab him in the dick. Why not? Why not? Hello, prom party. We are talking about a very serious movie today. It depends on who you ask, but yes. |
| 1:45.9 | I think that this movie should be treated with seriousness personally. |
| 1:50.5 | I agree, but I'll have more to say about that later because I know a whole lot of people who don't. |
| 1:54.4 | I agree, and I'm right there with you. |
| 1:58.2 | Prom Party, we are talking about Battle Royale. |
| 2:03.3 | For its 25th anniversary. |
| 2:05.0 | Yes, this is the film's 25th anniversary, and it is really bleak. |
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