Ep 16 - Idiocracy
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This week’s episode has got what plants crave, Mike Judge’s 2006 crystal ball of satire, IDIOCRACY. A 1st time watch for Raquel - and she loves the simplistic, yet thoughtful, premise. Raphael would vote for President Camacho a 3rd time, if he could. Brand culture & late-stage capitalism get discussed. Raquel appreciates that it’s juvenile but still entertaining. Raphael wonders about why Fox buried this movie’s release when Judge was making them millions with King of the Hill. Raquel likens the film to THE WIZARD OF OZ. Take a wild guess which Martinez likes, and which one hates, Beavis & Butthead. Another fun, light episode! Thank you for listening, we love you.
The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies.
Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at generationsplice@gmail.com or @gensplicepod on Twitter.
Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com
The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.
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