The Drama: Spoiler Episode
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour, the podcast that keeps you plugged in about the latest and greatest in movies, TV music, and more. |
| 0:07.5 | And if you're a pop culture junkie who's not following the show yet, you need to fix that right now by following Pop Culture Happy Hour on your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:15.7 | And now, on to the show. |
| 0:21.6 | The drama is a dark and twisty comedy starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a storybook |
| 0:26.4 | couple preparing for their upcoming wedding. |
| 0:28.9 | But just days before the big day, she reveals a horrifying truth about her past self that |
| 0:33.0 | threatens to undo their nuptials and their bond. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Ayesha Harris, and on this spoiler-packed episode of NPR's |
| 0:39.5 | Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're getting into all the surprising drama in The Drama. |
| 0:48.7 | Join me today is Philadelphia Inquirer's Arts and Entertainment Editor and Film Critic, Badatri D. Chaudhry. |
| 0:54.7 | Hello, hello. And also with us, Badatri D. Chaudry. Hello, |
| 0:59.3 | Begatri. Hello, hello. And also with us is journalist and host of the movie review podcast, Seated. Crayvel Anderson. Hey, Trevelle. Hello, beloved. Hello. Oh, I'm so, I was excited |
| 1:07.8 | for our previous conversation. I'm very excited for this one because we can just get all into it. |
| 1:12.7 | So yeah, on Friday, we dropped a spoiler-free episode about the drama with three of us. |
| 1:17.4 | This time, we are going to get into it. Here's the gist of what goes down. |
| 1:21.6 | Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play Emma and Charlie, a couple who are days away from getting married. |
| 1:26.8 | A provocative question comes up during a casual conversation with friends, which is, |
| 1:31.0 | what's the worst thing you've ever done? |
| 1:33.8 | So Emma's answer is, you know, pretty disturbing. |
| 1:37.3 | When she was 15, she planned but did not go through with, that's key here, a mass shooting at her school. |
| 1:45.5 | Of course, you know, |
| 1:50.1 | this unsettles Charlie, normal, totally normal, to the point where he's now unsure whether or not he truly knows his soon-to-be wife. And as they put together the final details of their |
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