Kristoffer Borgli's "The Drama" & All the Real and Reel Life Drama that Surrounds It #178

About this episode

The hosts discuss Kristoffer Borgli's film 'The Drama' and the surrounding controversies, including Borgli's essay on May-December romances.

Dhruv, Cris, Aryan, Srilekha & Varun (correctly pronounced, as per Srilekha, as "Borun") are discussing a(nother) A24 Film that's been the talk of the town since it released in cinemas last month. Since most of them were relatively cold on the film itself, they've decided to dedicate at least half of this episode to discussing the drama surrounding not only the film but also its director, Kristoffer Borgli -- especially the casually disconcerting essay he wrote about May-December romances . In particular, he cites Woody Allen's "Manhattan" as the key inspiration that helped him justify his relationship with a 16-year-old girl as a 27-year-old man. The QID members discuss -- in length -- the value (or not) of having this kind of discussion before delving into the particularities of Borgli's films that interested (or irritated) them. MAJOR SPOILERS FOR "THE DRAMA" & MINOR SPOILERS FOR "MANHATTAN" THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EPISODE! Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to help the podcast reach more people! Follow our Instagram page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/queenisdead.filmpodcast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TIME CODES Introduction…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dhruv, Cris, Aryan, Srilekha, Varun

Topics covered

• A24 Films
• Film Discussion
• Director Analysis
• Cultural Commentary
• Controversial Relationships

Keywords

• Kristoffer Borgli
• The Drama
• A24
• Woody Allen
• Manhattan
• film analysis
• controversial topics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A24

Books & works: The Drama, Manhattan

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