178: Kids on Cocaine, Bisexual Young Women and Other Cultural Taboos—A Review of the Film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (Madeline Grace)

About this episode

Maddy returns to discuss the film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies and its reflection of Gen Z's cultural fears and taboos.

Maddy is back to talk about the film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies from 2022, a cool, thriller-horror film that plays on the generational zeitgeist of Gen Z. We talk about how the film reflects cultural fears, cultural fetishes, and unspeakable taboos, and how it keeps us all engaged by appealing to our preexisting cultural stereotypes, our natural reaction to protect certain groups of people while fearing others, and a generational gap that has many Gen Zers stuck on their phones living a life that...

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin Boyce

Guest: Madeline Grace

Topics covered

• film review
• cultural taboos
• generational fears
• thriller-horror
• cultural stereotypes

Keywords

• Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
• Gen Z
• cultural taboos
• film review
• thriller-horror

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies

Places: Gen Z

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