Race Trader Podcast Boston & J

After a long break, we're back! This time we don't discuss a movie, we just sit down and talk. We felt the need to hash out a few conversations we've been having behind the scenes for some time now. This episode was recorded on May 31st, 2022. Enjoy!

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Discussed: the context of this discussion; defining racism; racism v prejudice; institutional racism; white supremacy; the Daughters of the Confederacy; on racist intent; a fixed game; Lauren Boebert; white despondency; white supremacy; Thomas Sowell; Things Fall Apart; changing minds; camping; friendship; ripe for a con; scarcity mindsets; white privilege.

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This episode was recorded on January 25th, 2022. Enjoy!

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Discussed: how we got into the show; comedy first, drama second; inside black jokes; Insecure’s relatability; the soundtrack of Insecure; opportunities; Love Life; Boston’s take; Curb Your Enthusiasm; aspirational black shows; swag as an engine; Sex & The City for black women; Nathan; black masculinity; Nathan & Issa; Insecure and class; fatherhood; Lawrence & Condola; and fucking Derek.

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Welcome to our White History Month episode! We are joined by our friends Marc and Chad from Scary Thoughts! This episode was recorded on February 26th, 2022. Enjoy!

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Shameless plugs:


Check out Marc and Chad’s podcast Scary Thoughts here: scarythoughts.org
Check out My Heart, An Inverted Flame, Marc Kate’s experimental music project here: myheartaninvertedflame.bandcamp.com

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Discussed: microphone troubles; Marc Kate’s My Heart, An Inverted Flame show report; first impressions of Mulholland Drive; our introductions to David Lynch; Blue Velvet; black corporal punishment; the freedom to explore unknown worlds; Donald Glover’s Atlanta; what is Lynchian?; mysteries; the story behind Mulholland Drive’s creation; Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; the Hollywood machine; Harvey Weinstein; the audition scene; artifice; duplicity; David Lynch’s casting choices; the genetic code of America; DEI and work environments; Lynchian settings; darkness; Mulholland Drive’s sound design; Betty’s naïveté; Jordan Peterson; how actually scary the movie is; the sex scene; dream logic; doppelgängers; metaphor; plot vs. character headspace; a tangent on literary fiction; art and mental illness; meditation; the cowboy; the spiritual energy of objects; Club Silencio; David Lynch and race and gender; and more!

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Articles mentioned:


David Lynch Keeps His Head by David Foster Wallace: www.scribd.com/doc/27992934/David-Lynch-Keeps-His-Head
What Does David Lynch Have to Say About Race? by Frank Guan: ww.vulture.com/2017/09/david-lynch-racial-politics.html

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This episode was recorded on December 19th, 2021. Enjoy!

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Discussed: Why this movie?; our relationship with the Coen Bros; the Coen Bros. focus on characters; the Marge character appearing in other Coen Bros. movies; characters v. caricatures; the proto-Breaking Bad; Marge’s visit with Mike; Marge & Norm’s relationship; cultural contrast; “Minnesota nice”; good and evil; ordinary people; The Office; careerism; Se7en; relationships with violence.

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This episode was recorded on November 17th & 21st, 2021. Enjoy!

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Discussed: Why this movie?; Cari Fukunaga’s attention to detail; war movies; child soldiers; brown-brown; no clear enemy; the movies political context; the book by Uzodinma Iweala; Boston’s trip to Ghana; Agu’s family dynamic; “Good morning”; Fukunaga’s research; Liberia; Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow; Charles Taylor; the humanity in the film; trauma bonds; “It can always get worse.”; Idris’s performance as the Commandant; the Commandant v. Heath Ledger’s Joker; Abraham Attah’s performance as Agu; the parallel’s between child soldiers and American gangs; Non-white gangs v. the KKK & Neo-Nazis; Menace II Society v. Beasts of No Nation; J brings up The Wire again.

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This episode was recorded on October 15th, 2021. We are once again joined by Ralph. Enjoy!

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Discussed: the history informing both Candyman films; the Candyman film franchise; how each Candyman movie depicts violence; Philip Glass and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s scores; the realism behind the original Candyman; Candyman compared to other slasher movie boogie men; the development of the Candyman lore; urban legends; you reap what you sow; Billy Burke as John the Baptist; the history of Black America; Helen Lyle is subjected to the black experience; white savior trope subverted; Vampires; old criticisms; score placement; the Chicago Police; overstuffed with ideas; Easter eggs; Tony Todd; why horror movies; the complex black villain; and Leprechaun vs. Candyman.

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