Saturday, June 6, 2015

Episode 1: The Haters vs Mad Max Fury Road




Notes and time stamps (approximates):


0-13:05 Pre-game Chatter
-0:53 moped adds fury to our road

13:34-36:58 Gut Reactions
-in which Ben is too far away from the recording device.
-13:49 Toona.
-20:52 Yo dude, I killed your dad.
-21:52 the first time Ben calls a hollywood movie "totally Leninist"

37:09-1:13:51 In-depth Analysis:
- 38:39 Is this really feminist?
- 48:35 Is this really eco?
- 52:15 Let's talk about Whiteness
- 54:43 What's this about redemption?
- 59:18 Hollywood Economics 101
- 1:02:03 Haters gets meta
- 1:05:17 Imagination in the post-fordist economy

1:13:51 The Ratings!

(if you find other highlights you would like to cite, send an email to insurgenttheatre@riseup.net and we'll add it to the list. If you have anything else you wanna say, also email us, or comment on the post.)

Works Cited:

Mad Max Fury Road Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road

'feminism, madness and revolution in mad max: fury road': https://www.facebook.com/chad.kautzer.7/videos/10101631788190344/

Example of Mad Max as promotion for imperialist tourism: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/mad-max-moments-in-namibia-120082041077.html

Article describing the desecration of land by said tourism industry: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/05/mad-max-fury-road-namibia

Article on glaring whiteness of the film: http://inthesetimes.com/article/17986/mad-max-fury-road-and-the-glaring-whiteness-of-post-apocalyptic-films

What the fuck Ben thinks he's talking about when he says "post-fordism": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Fordism 

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