Culture Gabfest: Squids, Women, and Chainsaws

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week, Steve and Dana are joined by author and co-host of Slate’s Working podcast, Isaac Butler. First, the panel discusses the social implications of Netflix’s biggest hit to date, Squid Game. Next, the panel reviews the incredibly divisive (and gory) Cannes Palme d’Or winning Titane. Finally, the panel is joined by writer, researcher, and host of the Talking Scared podcast, Neil McRobert, to dissect the horror genre trope of the Final Girl. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses representations of parenthood in art. Email us at [email protected]. Endorsements The panel revisits their previous discussion on eBooks and endorses more media. Dana: Scottish actor Alan Cumming’s harrowing, yet deeply moving book—particularly the audiobook version—Not My Father’s Son: A Family Memoir. Isaac: Two books consumed in eBook format! The first, a tome composed of every novella from author Ursula K. Le Guin titled, The Found and the Lost. The second, in this episode’s shadow theme of Halloween, Jason Zinoman’s book Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror. Which is, not clearly, a history steeped in love of 1970s horror cinema auteurs. Steve: Keeping it simple this week with three songs. First, the indie rock band from Leeds, The Wedding Present and their 1992 song “Blue Eyes.” Second (friend of a friend of the podcast) Courtney Barnett’s cover of The Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror” from the recent Velvet Underground & Nico tribute album. Finally, Willow Smith’s (yes, as in Jada Pinkett and Will Smith) song with artist Tyler Cole “Meet Me At Our Spot,” which was released under their alias THE ANXIETY. (The live version has been blowing up on TikTok.) Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe. Outro music is "Meet Me At Our Spot" by THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, and Tyler Cole Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.9	I'm Stephen McAfin. This is the Slateculture Gapfest Squids Women in Chainsaws edition.
0:45.7	It's Wednesday, October 6, 2021. On today's show, the South Korean show, Squid Game, is
0:51.4	on route to being the most stream show in the history of Netflix. We discussed this
0:56.2	dystopian battle royale, Satire, and then the French body horror movie to attain won
1:01.5	the Palm Door at Cannes, the crisly gender bender has made its writer-director Julia Ducca
1:07.0	now, only the second woman to win the Palm Door, Dana, the first was...
1:11.4	The first was Jane Campion for the piano. Yes. And then finally, the doe-eyed virgin
1:16.7	known as the final girl. We discuss the genealogy of this horror movie trope, the last girl
1:22.2	standing, the subject of a very cool essay on Slate by Neil McRobert. He's the host of
1:26.6	the Talking Scared Podcast. Joining me today is Isaac Butler. Isaac, how's it going?
1:32.5	It's going all right. How's it going, Steve?
1:34.8	Hanging in there, you're the author of the fourth coming, The Method, How the 20th Century
1:38.5	Learned to Act. That's out which day again? February 1st, 2022.
1:43.4	Supermenu will join us to discuss it, I know. And of course, me too. And of course,
1:47.8	Dana Stevens is the film critic for Slate, Dana, how you doing?
1:51.8	Pretty good. How are you, Steve?
1:53.7	Good. Give me your title and subtitle, please.
1:56.9	You're the best unpaid publicist, Steve. I love it. My book is called Camera Man.
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