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09/10/2025

Welcome to Spooky Season! To get things started let's revisit the Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t episode on Beetlejuice. Emily shares her thoughts on Michael Keaton's sleazily charming performance as the main ghost: Beetlejuice.

Don't make us say it three times. Grab your headphones, turn on the juice, and see what shakes loose!

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07/10/2025

In this week's episode, Tracie and Emily, visit with Aaron Reynolds to learn about a beloved Canadian National Film called The Log Driver's Waltz. They also learn how this 3-minute animation became burned in Aaron's brain and why he uses the theme song to tune his ukulele.

Grab your headphones to learn about Canadian culture and what the heck "birling" is.

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30/09/2025

Romancing the Stone is the subject on this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t. Tracie takes us through this 1984 film that shows how Kathleen Turner's character, Joan Wilder, goes from hapless writer to confident and capable badass.

Also in this episode, learn how the film taught Emily that working as a novelist could translate into practical life skills.

Throw on your headphones, keep an eye out for Devil's Fork, and listen in!

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25/09/2025

Another new episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t has dropped! The Guy Girls dive into the deep social and cultural issues that are created in the movie The Truman Show and the fantasy world it created for Truman.

You may not be able to cure the sun, but you can cue up this episode!

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17/09/2025

Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Rain Man.

Grab your headphones and listen in to the new episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t. Tracie gives us her thoughts about the 1988 film Rain Man. The Guy Girls also talk about how the film conflates "improvement" with Raymond, Dustin Hoffman's autistic character, acting more neurotypically.

Listen to this episode - definitely.

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15/09/2025

Sometimes the analysis we do on Deep Thoughts is all about the content of the media. And sometimes, it gets a little meta--not always on the ones you expect! Our conversation about the movie *Clue* led to some interesting insights about art and audience and the ways that we may be influencing people without even realizing it. Pretty cool for a movie developed around a board game, huh? Listen at the link in first comment or wherever you get your pods.

12/09/2025

This week's throwback has Emily sharing her Deep Thoughts About the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Emily explains why she is reduced to horrified shuddering at this movie and the way it treats women.

The Guy Girls also talk about the continued consequences the film has in it's message that nerds can beat the jocks at their own game.

Throw on your headphones and join Emily and Tracie in the unenlightened early 80s...

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11/09/2025

In hindsight, the messages GenX women got about what constitutes romance were pretty grotesque. We were clearly meant to believe Winona was better off with the good-looking friend who treated her poorly than with the responsible and affluent fella who cared about her and said so. Um. what? Listen to our full take on Reality Bites at the link in first comment, or wherever you get your pods.

10/09/2025

Our whole project here at Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t is to find the lessons lurking among the nostalgia. Sometimes those lessons were put there intentionally by the movie (or tv) makers. Often they were not. We're pretty sure the lessons about reproductive freedom hiding among the dinosaurs of Listen at the link in first comment/bio or wherever you get your pods.

09/09/2025

Squee! The drops today! Emily brings her deep thoughts about the Golden Girls. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia were living the dream, and we didn't even realize how special it was. Listen wherever you get your pods. reviews

09/09/2025

*So I Married An Axe Murderer* was a harmless Mike Myers romp from our adolescence. Right? RIGHT? Listen to our episode at the link in the first comment or wherever you get your pods.

07/09/2025

Have you listened to this week's episode, V for Vendetta, yet? We scheduled this one specially, in response to the news cycle. There's an uncanny resemblance between the events of the authoritarian Britain of the movie and our current moment. Listen at the link in first comment or wherever you get your pods.