Ep 50 - Pumpkin w/ BJ Colangelo

Its our 50th episode! And to celebrate we have guest B.J. Colango on to talk about the problematic fav, PUMPKIN. Raquel would have walked out in the first 15 minutes if she saw this in the theatre. B.J. loves how this movie is taking a huge swing at difficult topics. Raphael loves the John Waters-esque satire of 50s/60s Hollywood studio melodramas. This is two neurodivergent film critics & a former professional child psychologist picking apart a movie that is unquestionably offensive in its language & treatment of differently abled people but is also definitely trying to punch upward. Unchecked liberal racism, classism, ablesim, & bigotry is splayed all across the screen. Why does PUMPKIN’s love story make people uncomfortable? Yet at the same time its genuinely, but darkly, hilarious. Is there such a thing as an ethical edgelord movie? Listen & judge for yourself! The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through & through, & her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky millennial punk rocker/film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a movie to dissect & see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of film. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com