This week we watched and discussed Alice Wu’s acclaimed film The Half of It. We think you should watch it, too! We discuss the elegant way Wu has woven together some very relatable and sometimes uncomfortable lessons about growing up. Enjoy our discussion on the critical dividends of discomfort and taking risks, the intersectionality of characters, and why we were, ironically, originally not sure we wanted to willingly subject ourselves to the discomfort of secondhand embarrassment guaranteed by a film loosely retelling Cyrano de Bergerac.
Listen here, on YouTube, or on your podcast app!
Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here, and on SoundCloud.
Show Notes:
- The Origin Of Love [Hedwig and the Angry Inch] – YouTube
- What Alice Wu Wants To Say In ‘The Half of It’ – NPR
- In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control is Shunned – NPR
