Ep 5.31 - Popeye
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We bite into this month of films featuring Shelley Duval with Robert Altman's meandering musical movie adaptation of the spinach-powered cartoon sailor man. With Robin Williams in the titular role, Duvall as Olive Oyl; we weren't sure what to expect. And that's exactly what we got.
Naturally we end up discussing film as propaganda, occupied Palestine and the coming fall of imperialism. The yoozh.
#FreePalestine
#Landback
Warographics | The Six Day War (this video is the one quoted in the episode but mostly for brevity. the Al Jazeera video is more comprehensive)
Al Jazeera English | Six Days That Changed the Middle East
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Outro: Anika performing He Needs Me
Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp
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