Episode 3: On the Hustle, part 1 2nd Lead Syndrome

American Hustle Life. The notorious hip hop bootcamp show before BTS hit the big time. For ARMY, it's practically required viewing. As an essential part of the BTS canon and as a rich source of intercultural triumph and tragedy, we felt it deserved some serious scrutiny. This is the first in an ongoing series of episode by episode commentaries of the show. Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage with us!

0:50 A crash course in hiphop

2:29 On intercultural contact

5:47 Why we wanted to talk about American Hustle Life

7:45 BTS in the public sphere

9:12 A study in how kpop and hiphop interface

12:46 From the anthropological toolkit...introducing indexicality

19:15 Where there's smoke there's fire?

21:25 Recapping AHL Ep 1

23:12 The van, the kidnapping, and all of the tropes

30:48 "No one did a takedown!"

33:10 Holding BTS accountable - with love

34:59 "Let's gloss toxic masculinity" + a plug for Everyday Feminism

39:10 BTS, class struggle, youth/lost innocence, intersectional analysis

44:10 A rude awakening

49:01 Coolio calls out Rapmon

49:44 Coolio's Shaka Zulu stuff and indexical chains

57:44 Next episode preview