PEL Presents PMP#153: Kids' Films, Adult Messages
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Mark, Lawrence, and returning parents/panelists Michelle Parrinello-Cason and Chris Sunami take on animated blockbuster films by Pixar, et al. Why do some adults prefer these? What's the ideology of this kind of media?
We touch on Puss in Boots, Turning Red, Soul, Trolls, Enola Holmes, and many other things that we watched with our kids and/or as kids. Note that this discussion was recorded in late April, so no Little Mermaid for you!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, just a warning that the discussion you're about to hear was recorded in late April, |
| 0:03.6 | it was just repeatedly bumped by other episodes so you would get the thing about succession. |
| 0:08.4 | Right when succession came out, Ted Lasso, right when that came out, we're already pushing |
| 0:13.1 | Indiana Jones back a couple of weeks to let you hear this now. But my hope is that the character |
| 0:18.6 | of these discussions is such that it's okay that we're regarding push-in boots as the most |
| 0:24.0 | current kids movie here and not the little mermaid because the issues we're discussing are, |
| 0:28.5 | if not actually timeless, irrelevant to our overall media consumption habits and not just our |
| 0:34.4 | reactions to the latest and greatest things. Hope you enjoy it. This episode of Pretty Much Pop is |
| 0:38.5 | sponsored by Factor Meals. Get 50% off your first ready-to-eat meal box at FactorMeals.com |
| 0:45.6 | slash Pretty 50 using code Pretty 50 at checkout. |
| 0:58.2 | This is Pretty Much Pop, a culture podcast. Letting you know it's okay to be yourself, |
| 1:02.4 | except that you should also be kind, so I guess don't be yourself if you're not kind. |
| 1:06.1 | Today we're talking about big budget, contemporary children's films, what they have to say to kids |
| 1:10.9 | and to adults. My name is Mark Linton Meyer, totally filthy and subtle ways that will hopefully go |
| 1:15.4 | unnoticed by children. My name is Lawrence Wehrin, and if you watch me closely, you will see references |
| 1:21.6 | to marijuana. My name is Michelle Perinolo-Pason, and I'm a mother of some kids who make me watch a lot |
| 1:27.9 | of TV, so I'm glad it's better. My name is Christiana Me, and every time my kids say something |
| 1:32.2 | completely crazy, it turns out it came from me originally. Oh, ha, ha, ha, it's a method. |
| 1:38.3 | Now, I think this idea came from Chris. I don't remember exactly where this came from originally, |
| 1:43.3 | but it was from some discussion. I know you two at least were on a podcast together. |
| 1:48.7 | It's been a while. It's welcome back. Thank you. Yes, I'd be here. I also want to say that Chris has |
| 1:55.2 | the absolute best last name in the history of any podcast guest on this show. His last name |
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