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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Quiz Lady

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The movie Quiz Lady is a fun new take on the classic comedic trope of polar opposites: Awkwafina plays Anne, an uptight, lonely trivia nerd. Her sister Jenny, played by Sandra Oh, is the outgoing, perpetual screw up. Together, they must set aside their differences to try and win a TV game show and save Anne's kidnapped dog.

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The movie Quiz Lady is a fun new take on the classic comedic trope of polar opposites.

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And, played by Aquafina, is an uptightight lonely trivia nerd.

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Her sister Jenny, played by Sandra O, is the outgoing perpetual screw-up.

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Together they must set aside their differences to try and win a TV game show

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and save Anne's kidnapped dog. I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about

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Quiz Lady on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR. Support for this podcast and the following message come from the Southern

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Environmental Law Center and its podcast Broken Ground. If awareness

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drives environmental action what happens when traditional news

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outlets disappear? This season on broken ground meet the environmental

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storytellers reimagining how people get their news. New episodes available wherever you listen to

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podcasts. Joining me today is Kristen Meinzer. She co-host the Daily Fail, a

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podcast that does comedic close readings of the tabloids.

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She also co-hosts how to be fine, a podcast that looks at the good and bad of the wellness industry.

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Hey Kristen, Hey Aisha.

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Also with us is Margaret H. Willison, Faculty with Not Sorry Productions.

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Hello Margaret, Hi Aisha.

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And rounding out the panel is Tobin Lowe, an editor at This American Life.

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Hey Tobin, great to have you here.

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Great to be here.

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So in Quiz Lady, Aquafina and Sandra O play Estrain siblings, Anne and Jenny.

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Anne is the uptight one who works a dull day job, has no friends, and has been obsessed with the trivia game show her entire life.

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Jenny is the freewheeling fun-loving sister who's never found steady employment.

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