Race, queerness, and superpowers in 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once'

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4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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How can anything be more important than what's happening right now? That's the question a woman named Evelyn Wang is pondering right before she is thrust into a surreal, sci-fi multiverse, in the movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once." On the other side — googly eyes, talking rocks, people with hot dog hands — and an exploration of the dynamics between three generations in a Chinese immigrant family.

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0:00.0	Hey fam, this is Karen Grisby-Bates.
0:02.5	Before we get into this week's episode,
0:04.5	I want to give you all a little sneak peek of something
0:07.2	that's coming to the Coatswitch podcast in May.
0:10.0	It's season two of the School Colors podcast hosted by Max Friedman
0:14.2	and Mark Winston Griffith.
0:16.0	You heard Max and Mark on the show before,
0:18.0	we aired a couple of episodes of their first season in 2020.
0:22.0	Well, now they're back with the story of a school district in Queens,
0:25.9	one of the most racially diverse places in the entire world.
0:30.5	Seriously, on this season, Mark and Max are asking,
0:34.7	why did one of the most diverse places in the country
0:37.9	need a so-called diversity plan?
0:40.5	Why are we here?
0:41.9	I don't understand what is the issue that we're trying to resolve.
0:45.6	Is the issue all the crowded?
0:48.1	Is the issue the lack of diversity?
0:50.2	Is the issue on the resource schools?
0:52.3	Is it very different issues?
0:54.2	And the solutions that I'm very different,
0:56.2	I'm very happy to participate in the process.
0:58.4	I'm sure that everybody else is
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