Don’t worry, friends, you haven’t broken your concentration. Yes, this is a new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. And yes, this week, Josh and Gabe are talking about one of the most influential and iconic films of the 1990s, the decidedly family-unfriendly Quentin Tarantino epic Pulp Fiction. Why does Pulp Fiction count for this podcast? Well, Josh will explain everything in due time. And who better to join your very own Jules and Vincent on the show this week than Jason Bailey, film editor of Flavorwire and author of a book on a certain film called Pulp Fiction? And in case you’re concerned that a few guys talking about how much they love Pulp Fiction would get boring, you might be happy to learn that one of the participants…well, he’s not so enamored anymore. Who doesn’t love Pulp Fiction? You’ll have to listen to the show to find out!
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2 thoughts on “Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 151: “Pulp Fiction””
Most interesting thing that happened in this podcast was the two pro Pulp Fiction guys trying to shut up the one negative guy. Sounds to me like the guy being negative had a lot of interesting things to say. Too bad he only got a chance to say a little bit of it. It would have probably led to a far more interesting discussion instead of the usual lets fan praise this movie for an hour podcast.
Gotta love how Gabe’s reasoning for not liking this movie is because his awful friends weren’t as into film history as he was. Then goes ahead to blame Tarantino for the way his generation reacts towards films. So therefore…bad movie? Josh was surprisingly positive in this episode which was a first. Makes you think maybe he just doesn’t like Disney movies. But of course THIS just like every other movie they talk about is racist. It’s okay when they use the N-Word in any other film (that’s what the guest says), but in THIS film, it’s not okay…Way to understand context!! You see, in real life, if Jimmy said the N-Word to Jules, Jules would beat him down, right? Or maybe Jimmy and Jules have a different kind of relationship. Maybe they are close enough that this kind of conversation is normal between them. We KNOW Jimmy has an African American wife. So we KNOW he’s not racist. The scene is important to Jules’ character, because up until now we’ve only seen him bantering with Vincent. But when he has to come to Jimmy for a favor, we see how respectful he is towards the person he’s inconveniencing. But you know, film analysis was never really this show’s forte. It’s okay, maybe one day you’ll actually dig deep behind what’s trending as “racist.”