In the fun genre-mashing action comedy, polite society, Ria is a teen who freaks out when her beloved

older sister Lena suddenly gets engaged to a wealthy doctor.

Maria is determined to sabotage the wedding and enlist her best friends to help her.

The movie is the feature debut of Nieda Munzor, who created the acclaimed series We Are Lady Parts.

And like that show, it's a sharp yet loving exploration of sisterhood, though with a bit more

fighting and stunts.

I'm Aisha Harris, and today we're talking about polite society on

pop culture happy hour from NPR. Joining me today is NPR producer Mallory

you. Welcome back Mallory. Hey Ayeisha. Also with us is New York Times Food Reporter and author of the best-selling cookbook,

Indianish Priya Krishna.

Hey Priya, welcome back to you too.

Hi, thank you so much.

And rounding out our panel is Vulture TV critic Roxana Hadati.

Welcome back to you to Roxana. It's great to have you all here.

Thank you.

I'm very excited to talk about this with you all.

This was one of my favorite things at Sundance this year. about this

this with you all.

So, polite society stars Priya Kansara as Ria Khan,

a spunky teen who as as a spongy teen who as as

spongy teen who as sppires to be a movie stuntwoman. She's very close with

her supportive older sister Lena, played by Ritu Aria. But Lena is kind of at a crossroads in life. She's dropped out of

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