Matthew Wrather is joined by Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to overthink:
- What constitutes a hotline
- Why nobody cares about Synecdoche, New York
- Our status as high priests of popular culture and the moral imperatives of same
- Absence of odor
- Kinds of Season Finales and TV Shows
- The Baroque in Reality Television
- Halloween
- Museums and Orientalism
Overthink This
Our weekly selections from the popular culture for your amusement and edification.
- Lee: World War Z (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307346617?tag=overtit-20)
- Belinkie: Robocop Unicorn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87258185@N00/sets/72157603724213121/)
- Wrather: Lisa Loeb Jill Sobule Halloween Song (http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/10/jill_sobule_sings_no_to_grownu.html)
UPDATE: Oops. It’s Jill Sobule, not Lisa Loeb. My bad. —mw