About this episode

The episode discusses Emerald Fennell's film Promising Young Woman, exploring its themes and cultural implications.

This week, we're discussing Emerald Fennell's debut feature, Promising Young Woman ! We discuss the film's curiously conservative approach to #metoo, the inherent value in "subverting expectations", and one of us praises Paris Hilton's Stars Are Blind . Produced by Andrew Ivimey as part of The From Superheroes Network Visit www.FromSuperheroes.com for more podcasts, articles, video series, web comics, and more.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Ivimey

Topics covered

• film analysis
• metoo
• subverting expectations
• debut feature
• comedy

Keywords

• Promising Young Woman
• Emerald Fennell
• metoo
• subverting expectations
• Paris Hilton

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Promising Young Woman, Stars Are Blind

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