How "Wall-E" Reveals Our Changing Feelings Toward Tech
June 6, 2024
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Episode 129 · June 6, 2024
How "Wall-E" Reveals Our Changing Feelings Toward Tech
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How "Wall-E" Reveals Our Changing Feelings Toward Tech
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<p>Critic Emily St. James and Crooked’s Halle Kiefer join Max to talk about “WALL-E.” The 2008 Pixar film depicts a future in which humans are so addicted to their screens that it takes a robot mutiny led by a mobile trash compactor to get them to log off. Why did the filmmakers opt for a trashpocalypse? How problematic is the movie’s portrayal of fatness? Why wasn’t there cancel culture aboard the spaceship? Find out in our last installment of Offline Movie Club (for now!).</p><p> </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click <a href="https://youtu.be/HhvbYc3G2ZQ">here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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