Don't Worry Darling And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the new movie Don't Worry Darling, Florence Pugh plays a woman living with her husband (Harry Styles) in an idyllic planned community that looks like it came out of about 1955. But soon, strange things begin to happen that make her suspect that all is not well. Directed by Olivia Wilde, the film is now in theaters after some behind-the-scenes tensions that put it in the public conversation.

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0:00.0	In the new film Don't Worry Darling, Florence P.U. plays Alice, a woman living in an
0:09.2	adilic planned community that looks like it came out of about 1955.
0:14.4	Alice is blissfully happy.
0:16.0	It seems with her husband Jack played by Harry Styles.
0:19.7	But strange things begin to happen that make her suspect that all is not well in the
0:24.2	community run by Jack's mysterious employer.
0:28.0	Worry Darling has probably gotten as much attention for some of the behind the scenes tensions
0:32.2	surrounding it as for the film itself.
0:34.6	It's in theaters now after some festival showings that put it very much in the public conversation.
0:40.0	I'm Stephen Thompson.
0:41.1	And I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about Don't Worry Darling on Pop Culture
0:45.0	Happy Hour from NPR.
0:47.0	Joining me and Stephen today is Aisha Harris.
0:49.6	Hey Aisha, hey there.
0:51.2	And also here with us is Ronald Young Jr.
0:53.5	He's the host of the film and television review podcast leaving the theater.
0:57.6	Welcome back Ronald.
0:58.6	Hi Linda.
0:59.6	Don't worry Darling is a movie with a lot to talk about.
1:03.5	And that is why we're actually going to split this conversation into.
1:08.3	In this episode we'll talk without spoilers about the premise and the general feeling of
1:12.4	the film as well as its path to theaters.
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