Ep. 79 - Whiskey & Watching: "The Batman" (2022) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James & Pearl Quick

BrownTown is again joined by Sophie Elizabeth James, sociologist
and Unpaid Emotional Labor podcast host, and Pearl
Quick, farmer, pastor, and poet extraordinaire, in the
inaugural episode of our recurring "Whiskey & Watching"
series. BrownTown and guests deconstruct, recontextualize, and,
dare we say, decolonize popular films, TV shows, books, and more!
In our first take, the homies take on The Batman, the 2022
Matt Reeves live-action feature version of the cape crusader's
anthology. From analyzing the city of Gotham as a character
in-and-of-itself to this new "emo Batman" to the Riddler as a
4Chan influencer ("like and subscribe, guys!"), the squad brings
their own backgrounds and perspectives into how they've received
new iterations of Batman throughout the decades and center the
importance of media literacy even, and especially, with large
blockbusters.


Full transcription here!


GUESTS
Sophie Elizabeth James is a political
sociologist, project manager in the anti-human trafficking
sector, and creator of the Unpaid Emotional Labor podcast. With a
masters in sociology AND pop culture, she aims to provide nuance
and levity to topics taken for granted. 


 


Pearl Quick, hailing from the South
Bronx, is an educator in soil science, disease ecology,
genetics, and faith formation from Sarah Lawrence & Princeton
University. Pearl created ‘Many Soils,’ a farming space where
Black and brown youth come to learn how to decolonize their
palates, look at the physical world, and grow food for
themselves, their families, and their communities outside of the
white gaze.


 


CREDITS: Intro music from the 1960's
Batman theme song by the Ventures and outro music from
2022's The Batman theme song by Michael Giacchino. Audio
engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo from The
Batman.


 


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