Waypoints 16: 'Roma' and Origins of the Opioid Epidemic

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🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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We go from artistic highs to moral lows on this episode of Waypoints! Rob, Danielle, and Natalie have been watching Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, his sweeping-yet-intimate historical drama produced for Netflix. The gang is savoring the fim's beauty, technique, and sensitivity as well as some terrific performances from cast. At the other extreme, Rob has been reading about new information that's come to light about how Oxycontin was marketed, and what Purdue Pharma executives knew about its role in the escalating opioid epidemic, and all the people that enabled their recklessness.

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0:00.0	Oh hello, it's Thursday, it's time to welcome you to Waypoints where the Waypoint staff
0:23.4	and friends take a break to nerd out and deep dive on the culture, art and entertainment
0:27.7	that's been inspiring and provoking us lately. Gather around the table this Thursday we've
0:31.5	got Danielle Rando. Hi. Riendo. Got it. Need to hit that pronunciation a little harder.
0:37.8	Yes, they're both right. Yeah, but once just a little too French. And we also have Natalie
0:45.6	Watson. Hi, hi. So before we dive into today's topic, some caution warnings you should probably
0:53.7	bear in mind. We're going to be talking about drug abuse, particularly opioid abuse and overdoses.
1:03.8	So be warned, it's a super upbeat episode of Waypoints. This week, but we're dealing with some
1:12.2	pretty heavy stuff. So bear that in mind before we continue along. We're going to open with a
1:21.5	discussion of Afonza Kauron's Roma, which Natalie, this was your Waypoint for the week. Let's
1:27.7	help a little bit about it. Yeah, my Waypoint for this week was Roma. I originally watched it a couple
1:35.6	weeks ago. I got the chance to see it in 70 millimeter at the Alamo in Brooklyn, which means a lot
1:45.3	to a lot of people and I means nothing to me. I am not like a film. Sorry. Rob just wrapped
1:55.8	his headphones. It was a vicious throw. No, I appreciate. I rewatched it here. So I'd also say,
2:04.2	I rewatched it last night on Netflix on my computer and I can tell the difference. Yes.
2:11.3	I'm glad the first time I watched it was in theaters at the very least, if not, you know,
2:18.0	that incredible mix and seeing it on a projector and everything. So yeah, that was Roma.
2:30.2	Did you have any history with Kauron films? Are you a fan of the director?
2:36.4	Or like, I mean, children of men certainly is probably one of my favorite like dystopian sci-fi films,
2:42.5	but it turns out I've been a fan of Kauron since I was a little kid. He made a movie that has some
2:48.2	problematic elements at this point, but he made a little princess, Danielle, which I think you and
2:55.3	I are of a generation to remember that as a kids movie. And it's still a damn good kids movie.
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