About this episode

The episode dives into the movie Send Help, exploring its themes of office politics and survival.

A plane crash. A desert island. A workplace grudge that refuses to die. We’re diving into Send Help, the Sam Raimi thriller horror comedy that turns corporate America stress into a survival story, with Rachel McAdams as Linda Little and Dylan O’Brien as the colleague she’s forced to endure. I walk through the premise, the cast, and why the movie’s tone feels like it’s channeling that “horrible bosses” energy while still trying something we don’t see often: a woman’s perspective on climbing th...

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Juarez

Topics covered

• office politics
• survival story
• thriller
• horror comedy
• corporate America
• female perspective

Keywords

• Send Help
• Rachel McAdams
• Dylan O’Brien
• Sam Raimi
• horror comedy
• office politics
• survival story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Send Help

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