Do the Film Thing

Victor Omoayo
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Do the Film Thing

A film appreciation and analysis podcast hosted by Victor Omoayo! A seasonal show with new episodes posted on Sundays.

  1. AUG 11

    02.05 - Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and Bamboozled (2000)

    August 11, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores two poignant and biting satires on race and media, Robert Townsend’s 1987 debut film Hollywood Shuffle and Spike Lee’s 2000 feature Bamboozled. Sources for this episode: Barlowe, Jamie. “‘You Must Never Be a Misrepresented People’: Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.” Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, Jan. 2003, p. 1. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.wheatonma.idm.oclc.org/10.3138/CRAS-s033-01-01. Black, Ray. “Satire’s Cruelest Cut: Exorcising Blackness in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.” Black Scholar, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring 2003, p. 19. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.wheatonma.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/00064246.2003.11413200. Blakemore, Erin. ”The Fair‑Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to ‘Pass’ in 1930s Hollywood.” HISTORY, 26 Jan. 2021, https://www.history.com/news/fredi-washington-black-actress-hollywood-jim-crow-era. Clark, Ashley and Lee, Spike. ”In Conversation: Spike Lee with Ashley Clark”. Interview. Bamboozled, Criterion Collection, 2019. Townsend, Robert. Audio Commentary. Hollywood Shuffle. Criterion Collection. 2023. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    31 min
  2. 02.04 - Moonlight (2016)

    JUL 28

    02.04 - Moonlight (2016)

    July 28, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the themes of identity, motherhood and masculinity in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins. Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: Jenkins, Barry. Audio Commentary. Moonlight, A24, 2016. Tracy, Maurice. “Moving through Trauma: Black Queer Vulnerability in Moonlight.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2022, pp. 43–57. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.9.issue-1.0043. Watkins-Hayes, Celeste, et al. “Eclipsed: Darkness, Light, and Motherhood in the Sexualized Drug Economy of Moonlight.” Western Journal of Black Studies, vol. 43, no. 3/4, Fall/Winter2019 2019, pp. 81–89. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=143467848&scope=site. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    30 min

  3. JUL 21

    02.03 - Set it Off (1996) and Widows (2018)

    July 21, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the characters and themes of two heist thrillers, F. Gary Gray’s Set it Off (1996) and Steve McQueen’s 2018 adaptation of Widows. Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: Bell, James. “Thieves Like Us.” Sight & Sound, vol. 28, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 22–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=132175783&scope=site. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    21 min

  4. JUL 7

    02.02 - Tár (2022)

    July 7, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores writer-director Todd Field’s third feature film Tár (2022), starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Julian Glover, and Sophie Kauer. Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    22 min

  5. JUN 23

    02.01 - Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017)

    June 23, 2024 - SEASON TWO PREMIERE! In this audio essay, Victor explores Ridley Scott’s two Alien prequel films, Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017) by focusing on their themes of creation and two central characters, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender). Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: Bolea, Stefan. ”Alien: Covenant.” Philosophy Now, 2018. https://philosophynow.org/issues/124/Alien_Covenant Hyba. ”Aliens & Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of David8.” Medium. February 24, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2024. https://hybaiswriting.medium.com/aliens-artificial-intelligence-an-analysis-of-david8-e198c6389e2e. McWilliam, David. ”Beyond the Mountains of Madness: Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror and Posthuman Creationism in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012).” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 26, no. 3, 2015, pp. 531-545,631. Literature Online, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/beyond-mountains-madness-lovecraftian-cosmic/docview/1861072576/se-2?accountid=15020 Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    28 min

  6. MAR 10

    01.10 - Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

    March 10, 2024 - SEASON ONE FINALE! In this audio essay, Victor explores the multiverse-spanning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Googly eyes, tax forms, and hot dog fingers - OH MY! **SEASON TWO will debut June 2024!** Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: Chin, Daniel. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Reimagines the Multiverse. The Ringer, 29 Mar. 2022. https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/29/23000959/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-multiverse “Everything Everywhere All at Once - Box Office Mojo.” Box Office Mojo, https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6710474/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. Accessed 5 Mar 2024. “Nihilism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nihilism. Accessed 5 Mar. 2024. Pratt, Alan. Nihilism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/nihilism/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024 Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    25 min

  7. MAR 3

    01.09 - The Mist (2007)

    March 3, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 2007 horror film The Mist, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1980 novella by Stephen King. Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: ”The Mist - Box Office Mojo.” Box Office Mojo, www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0884328/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. Accessed 9 Feb. 2024. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    26 min

  8. FEB 25

    01.08 - The Last Dragon (1985)

    February 25, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 1985 cult classic comedy The Last Dragon, directed by Michael Schultz, starring Taimak, Vanity, and Julius Curry. Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo Sources for this episode: The Last Dragon. Audio Commentary by Michael Schultz, directed by Schultz, TriStar Pictures, 2015. Smalls, Shanté Paradigm. “Eating Popcorn with Chopsticks: Revisionary Black Masculinity in Berry Gordy’s the Last Dragon.” Criticism, vol. 58, no. 2, Spring 2016, pp. 305–26. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.13110/criticism.58.2.0305. Cha-Jua, S. (2008). Black Audiences, Blaxploitation and Kung Fu Films, and Challenges to White Celluloid Masculinity. In P. Fu (Ed.), China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema (pp. 199-223). University of Illinois Press. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing

    21 min
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A film appreciation and analysis podcast hosted by Victor Omoayo! A seasonal show with new episodes posted on Sundays.

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