Ep. 581 - Boys State (GUEST: Roxana Hadadi)

David weighs the risk and reward to see Tenent in theater while Jeff raves about #SLASHTAG, the hashtag used to recommend movies to the whole gang.

For the feature of the week, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Roxana Hadadi to review Boys State. See what this winner of Sundance Documentary Grand Jury, directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, has to says about our politics today.

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Weekly Plugs David - Culturally Relevant interview with Jesse Moss and David gives his wife a haircut

Devindra - Republic City Dispatch returns! Looking back at Book 1 of Korra

Jeff - Cameo going strong!

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)

What we've been watching (~11:30)

Jeff - Ted Lasso, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens, High Score, Lovecraft Country, SummerSlam

David - The Vow (A Nexium Story), Married at First Sight vs. Love on the Spectrum

Devindra - Lovecraft Country, Tesla

Feature (~1:02:00)

Boys State

Spoilers (~1:32:00)

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