Invisibility AND masculinity in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
You Are Good
Alex Steed
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is about a dad who shrinks his kids, sure, but is it possible there are some issues to unpack in a movie in which dad can't see or hear his children? Sarah and Alex discuss and heap loads of love unto Rick Moranis.
As a bit of "reality" counter-programming we decided to expedite our chat about this beloved family classic. It's got Rick Moranis! It's got Antie! It's got big cookies and giant Legos! Turn your brain off for an hour and let's go back to our childhood and then, of course, ruin that trip by taking about how dads can be... a real situation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Sarah Marshall. |
| 0:01.9 | Hello, Alex Steed. |
| 0:03.2 | So we are going to talk about... |
| 0:05.7 | Honey, I shrink the kids. |
| 0:07.2 | That's it. |
| 0:07.9 | This is a suggestion that came by way of our wonderful producer Carolyn Kendrick, |
| 0:12.4 | who thought that it would be a good idea to put out some counter programming to reality this week. |
| 0:17.7 | I didn't know this was a Carolyn idea. |
| 0:20.1 | That makes sense. |
| 0:21.2 | Yeah, that's, I think Carolyn has made a good choice for all of us. |
| 0:26.6 | I can't wait to talk about Borat too, but there's like white supremacist and Trump stuff, |
| 0:30.7 | and we'll have enough of that this week. |
| 0:32.6 | So can you just remind listeners what Why Our Dads is about? |
| 0:36.8 | Why Our Dads is about watching movies that involve dads in some way and talking about our |
| 0:45.0 | thoughts and feelings about what dads are and can be and how they're represented in the movie |
| 0:50.6 | of the week. |
| 0:51.6 | And this week it's, honey, I shrunk the kids. |
| 0:54.4 | An obvious choice about an inventor dad. |
| 0:59.2 | And I think, |
| 1:00.1 | Honey I Shrunk the Kids is like the nicest, |
| 1:04.7 | menacing kids movie. |
| 1:07.8 | From the 1980s. |
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