Episode 44 | The Trial of One Sharpay Evans

About this episode

The episode discusses Amanda's engagement, film rankings, character analyses, and various cultural topics.

In this Episode We talk about Amanda’s recent engagement, the ranking of the High School Musical trilogy films, a character analysis of Sharpay Evans, the history of bootleg DVDs and camcorder recordings in movie theaters, watching a copy of Avatar with Korean subtitles, the evolution of HD video quality and the heavy weight of old CRT TVs, a comparison of smartphone upgrade cycles , the marketing and branding behind Liquid Death water, childhood memories of sledding down hills, the Artemis moon mission and various moon landing conspiracy theories, the implementation of the automatic ball-strike system in professional baseball, and the legal troubles of various celebrities.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew

Guest: Amanda

Topics covered

• engagement
• High School Musical ranking
• Sharpay Evans character analysis
• bootleg DVDs
• moon landing conspiracy theories
• automatic ball-strike system
• celebrity legal troubles

Keywords

• High School Musical
• Sharpay Evans
• bootleg DVDs
• Avatar
• moon landing
• Liquid Death
• CRT TVs
• smartphone upgrades
• baseball
• celebrity legal issues

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: High School Musical, Avatar

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