PEL Presents PMP#190: The Substance: Act Your Age!

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss the Coralie Fargeat/Demi Moore film The Substance in light of its Oscar nominations, along with related reflections on lost youth, e.g. Sunset Boulevard (1950), Death Becomes Her (1992), and Neon Demon (2016). We also touch on other cloning scenarios.

Is this film a serious meditation on aging in Hollywood, or just a particularly vivid but logically confused Twilight Zone episode? Is the message of this film already itself past its prime?

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0:00.0	This is pretty much pop, a culture podcast answering the question today, are we hot or not?
0:14.6	Today we're discussing the substance, a film by Corley Farge.
0:19.0	Can I say that right?
0:20.5	Farjean. I have no idea. Probably. I think probably not. Corley Farge. Can I say that right? I have no idea.
0:21.6	Probably.
0:22.2	I think probably not.
0:23.7	Cori Le Farja.
0:24.9	Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley and related media.
0:28.3	This is Mark Linsomeyer with a picture of me in the attic getting dumber and dumber.
0:32.6	This is Al Baker.
0:33.4	I was going to do almost exactly the same joke.
0:35.8	There's a picture of me in my attic getting prettier.
0:40.0	This is Sarah Lynn Bruck, and I'm so surprised that at my age I'm happier than I've ever been in my whole life,
0:45.7	but I'd give it all up to be 30 years younger and a little better looking.
0:49.6	This is Lawrence where coming to you from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, melting down into a puddle of blood.
0:55.4	This is such an uplifting film.
0:59.8	I was surprised you guys wanted to cover it, honestly.
1:02.3	Yes, we were looking to do something around the Oscars, Oscar Relevant.
1:06.5	The Brutalist is only in theaters, thought maybe not that many people would have been able to see it,
1:11.7	but this has been released onto streaming. At least it's free if you sign up for the trial
1:17.1	Mubi subscription and cancel very quickly. I thought going into this, oh, this is a comment on
1:24.3	aging in Hollywood. I didn't think it had much to say it.
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