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Straight White Doctor Who Angst, Smoking on TV and Film & What Do Cinema Audiences Want?
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Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.
In this episode, Tony and Carl discuss a recent piece suggesting Doctor Who is so diverse it has never been for 'straight white men'. As two straight white men, they question the true inclusivity of this statement.
Plus! Why does nobody smoke anymore on TV and film? They ponder why this paean to progressive health might be doing a disservice to art.
And finally, as both The Fall Guy and now Furiosa tank at cinemas, they wonder exactly what movie audiences want these days, and how changing attitudes to movie watching might be influencing that...
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