80. Bob and Barbie Save the (Movie) World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWe Barbenheimer-ed! And we weren’t the only ones: Sarah found a 20-minute concession line in Dallas, the loo in NYC was out of toilet paper, and the two films took in more than $500 million globally. Still, would America have cared as much had the cinematic landscape not been so scorched-earth? Would Oppenheimer have been better as a mini-series? Did a Ken doll get more screen time than all the women in Oppenheimer’s life combined? We ponder these questions, as well as:* That time Tony Bennett wrote a hate letter to Sarah in the New York Times* Nancy has “guy-dar”* The Oppenheimer supporting actor who captivated Nancy* The problem with biopics* Which is scarier: the atom bomb or AI? * How seriously should we take the gender politics of Barbie? * How great is Ryan Gosling?* Did one of us cry during Barbie? Hold on, did both of us?* X marks the Twitter?* The Eddie Murphy sketch that Nancy swears she’s never seen (but how?)* The WWII book that made a bigger impact on Sarah than OppenheimerWhat’s cheaper than a movie with much shorter lines? Becoming a paid subscriber!