BFG Podcast #130: 'Dream Scenario,' Julia Child, and Hallmark Christmas Movies
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Happy holiday podcast from all of us at BFG! This week is the podcast of your dreams. First up, contributor Robert Dean joins host Neal Pollack to talk about the Max biopic series 'Julia,' all about the early years of Julia Child, TV chef. It's a delight in troubled times, and Robert assures us that Julia's boeuf bourguignon recipe still holds up. Consume voraciously! Stephen Garrett steps out of Neal's dreams to talk to him about 'Dream Scenario,' which Stephen found "delightful." Neal won't go so far as to proclaim the Nicolas Cage movie, made by a Danish director, a "delight," but it is original and funny and thought-provoking, kind of a modern take on 'Adaptation' or 'Being John Malkovich,' which clearly are part of its DNA. Rachel Llewellyn parks her sleigh at the door to discuss with Neal the ironic millennial and Gen-Z appropriation of cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies, which have found a new audience with younger viewers who enjoy clowning on the clichés of the genre, though we suspect that they, too, want to meet a handsome amnesiac royal who is wearing a nice Christmas sweater in a small town. Who doesn't? Ho ho ho, it's our podcast! Give us a listen.
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