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Episode 123 – Bedroom Eyes of Science
This week, the boys have finally recovered from the bleak existential horror of last week’s Curt Pires episode and are ready to talk about less controversial topics, like politics in comics… aw, crapdammit.
More on that later. First, James and Brandon talk about their weekends; Brandon attended the Edmonton Cat Show, while James attended his first Pride Parade after spending a morning carrying a literal ton and a half of cement blocks, which in retrospect wasn’t a great idea. Beyond that, James has surprised himself with how much he’s enjoying WWE Legends’ House, the pro wrestling reality show that last week might have become the smartest, most genuinely affecting reality show on television. Seriously. Last week’s episode made a commentary on the art form of professional wrestling and the medium of reality television. Plus, they talk about Cosmos and how Neil deGrasse Tyson’s bedroom eyes make it all worthwhile.
Finally, after discussing the comics of the last week, the boys get serious and talk politics.
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In short, comics writer Chuck Dixon and Paul Rivoche wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed decrying how liberalism has ruined superheroes, and the liberal comics internet immediately set about themselves mocking it and arguing it point by point. Here, the boys suggest that getting into a blow-by-blow of political talking points is maybe the worst thing to do, because it ensures the discussion gets stuck in a pointless cycle of accusation instead of agreeing on the common ground: moral relativism and ambiguity in superheroes is a problem, and while we might disagree on the political responsibility, we’re all invested in making things better. The only way to do that, of course, is having the tough, long discussions instead of the easy arguments.
Also, James talks about being a socialist.
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