Bad Movies with Matthew Strohl
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Apr 25, 2023
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00:51:47

Guilty pleasures or cult classics, at the end of the day they’re just bad movies. In episode 76 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk with Matthew Strohl about bad movies and why it’s okay to love them. Strohl is a professor of philosophy at the University of Montana who specializes in aesthetics and ancient philosophy. He is the author of Why It’s Okay to Love Bad Movies. Here, he talks with Ellie and David about what makes certain movies “bad” yet also somehow “good,” and introduces us to two ways of relating to bad movies: bad movie ridicule vs bad movie love. What value do bad movies add to our lives and how can we develop community around the practice of watching bad movies?

Works DiscussedDancin’: It’s On! (2015)Looking Glass (2018)Showgirls (1995)Matthew Strohl, Why It's Okay to Love Bad MoviesPatreon | patreon.com/overthinkpodcast 

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