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The Toy: Deep Thoughts About the Lies Pop Culture Told Us About Human Rights, Redemption, and Piranhas

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Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken, Tracie Guy-Decker, and Emily Guy Birken에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken, Tracie Guy-Decker, and Emily Guy Birken 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

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That's U.S., not you ass!

The Guy girls remember the 1982 Richard Pryor film The Toy with a great deal of fondness, in part because it was on heavy rotation in the Guy household through their childhood. But a pop culture staple about a billionaire’s young son “purchasing” a Black man to be his toy for the week has some pretty chilling implications that the movie itself doesn’t do enough to acknowledge.

In this week’s episode, Tracie shares how rewatching this movie in 2024 is both better and worse than she expected. It’s better because Richard Pryor is a delightful and talented center for the movie. And it’s worse because the film lets the villainous U.S. Bates, played by Jackie Gleason, get away with truly reprehensible behavior without real consequence and gives him a happy ending that he doesn’t earn. While the film is an indictment of capitalism, it also reinforces the idea that being nice to oppressors is how to secure human rights.

Take a listen–just beware the piranhas!

Mentioned in this episode:

The commentator who led to Tracie’s “fractal” insight

Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

Find the Guy girls on social media:

instagram.com/guygirlsmedia

fb.com/dtasspodcast

We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com

We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.

  continue reading

챕터

1. Deep Thoughts About "The Toy" (00:00:00)

2. The Pryor Film Analysis and Critique (00:10:56)

3. Reflections on Race and Comedy (00:22:08)

4. Themes of Power and Redemption (00:39:15)

5. Unlocking Decency (00:51:02)

113 에피소드

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Manage episode 456052697 series 3493147
Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken, Tracie Guy-Decker, and Emily Guy Birken에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken, Tracie Guy-Decker, and Emily Guy Birken 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response.

That's U.S., not you ass!

The Guy girls remember the 1982 Richard Pryor film The Toy with a great deal of fondness, in part because it was on heavy rotation in the Guy household through their childhood. But a pop culture staple about a billionaire’s young son “purchasing” a Black man to be his toy for the week has some pretty chilling implications that the movie itself doesn’t do enough to acknowledge.

In this week’s episode, Tracie shares how rewatching this movie in 2024 is both better and worse than she expected. It’s better because Richard Pryor is a delightful and talented center for the movie. And it’s worse because the film lets the villainous U.S. Bates, played by Jackie Gleason, get away with truly reprehensible behavior without real consequence and gives him a happy ending that he doesn’t earn. While the film is an indictment of capitalism, it also reinforces the idea that being nice to oppressors is how to secure human rights.

Take a listen–just beware the piranhas!

Mentioned in this episode:

The commentator who led to Tracie’s “fractal” insight

Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

Find the Guy girls on social media:

instagram.com/guygirlsmedia

fb.com/dtasspodcast

We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com

We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.

  continue reading

챕터

1. Deep Thoughts About "The Toy" (00:00:00)

2. The Pryor Film Analysis and Critique (00:10:56)

3. Reflections on Race and Comedy (00:22:08)

4. Themes of Power and Redemption (00:39:15)

5. Unlocking Decency (00:51:02)

113 에피소드

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