How "Zola" Explains Social Media Brain

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Has there ever been a more dramatic Twitter thread than A’Ziah King’s 2015 saga about a roadtrip turned kidnapping? Erin Ryan and Josie Duffy Rice join Max to discuss “Zola,” the movie adaptation of those tweets. The film tells the (mostly true) story of a young stripper getting whisked away to Florida by a new acquaintance and her pimp. Its searing commentary on sex trafficking is studded with notification sounds and social media soliloquies, to both sinister and comedic effect. Are Florida roadtrips ever a good idea? What are the hallmarks of toxic white girls? And how much of the original post was really true? Listen to this week’s Offline Movie Club to find out.

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0:00.0	This does have a Twitter thread that is about something that is very serious and does have things that are really dark and sad about it, but is also just a fun ride.
0:09.0	Right, well, how about like an RFK Junior documentary or like a TV series
0:13.8	TV series, a limited series about all of his very weird adventures.
0:18.0	Who's going to play the brainworm?
0:19.1	Adventures.
0:20.1	I think David Schrimmer.
0:21.3	David Schrimmer is the brainworm. David Schrimmer Shimmer is the brainworm.
0:22.8	David Shimmer is 100% the brainworm.
0:25.1	Absolutely.
0:26.1	I'm Max Fisher I'm Erin Ryan and joining us Josie Duffy Rice from what a day and so many other things Josie so happy to have you on. I am thrilled to be here. What a dream.
0:45.3	It is a dream. This is the offline movie club every week. We discuss one of our favorite movies
0:51.0	and how it reflects or shapes how we think about technology
0:53.6	and the internet this week we are talking about what are my favorites I am so
0:57.8	excited to talk about this movie Zola the 2021 film for anyone who has ever asked why you on my Twitter why you on my
1:04.6	tumbler it's the first ever movie adapted from tweets and honestly probably the
1:11.8	last now that Elon Musk is running that service
1:13.7	into the ground which is maybe a curse maybe a blessing. I mean the next birth of a
1:17.7	nation whatever that is will be based on things that are currently happening
1:21.6	on X. It's true, yes.
1:23.0	Really something will come out of that.
1:25.0	Yes, just starring Catter.
1:27.0	Well, I am excited for an hour of pointing to the podcast and saying,
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