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Cars (w/ CJ Koepp)

Cars (w/ CJ Koepp)

FromMovies vs. Capitalism


Cars (w/ CJ Koepp)

FromMovies vs. Capitalism

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week’s Movies vs. Capitalism, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by returning guest, comedian CJ Koepp, to unpack the 2006 Disney-Pixar animated movie Cars, the story of sentient automobiles grappling with the economic devastation of deindustrialization. They also discuss the filmmakers' bizarre choices to animate their anthropomorphic Cars with distinct racial characteristics as well as long floppy tongues.For next week’s movie, we’ll be watching John Woo’s 1997 magnum opus Face/Off. To access MVC PREMIUM EPISODES or LEAVE US A TIP click here. MVC donates its ad space to progressive or leftist causes. If you’re interested in promoting your work on MVC, email us at moviesvscapitalism@gmail.com.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok. You can also watch our full episodes on YouTube.Produced by The Lever | Artwork by Rufus Paisley | Theme song by JustBen
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Released:
Feb 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (66)

A movie-rewatch podcast that explores the politics of your favorite films through an anti-capitalist lens. Each episode, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by a special guest for an irreverent yet critical discussion about a film and how it’s *obviously* a scathing indictment of late-stage capitalism. Fight Club? That’s about the degradation of modern consumerism. Office Space? A stark depiction of worker alienation. Antz? An animated kids movie about the military-industrial complex. Movies vs. Capitalism examines the crucial intersection between pop culture and politics — an anti-capitalist, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, anti-heteronormative, anti-imperialist analysis of your favorite talking pictures. It’s a middle finger to our rotting institutions and ruling-class proprietors who are slowly driving the human race into extinction. But, like, in a fun way ;)