Episode 572: A Brief Detour on Spam

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink Netflix’s romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe, written by Ali Wong, Randall Park, and Michael Golamco (whose name Matt forgot on the podcast… sorry Michael!). They discuss the film from the perspective of representation, class and gentrification, intersectionality, and genre, loving romantic comedies while realizing how ridiculous they are.

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Further Reading

• Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
• Proposition 13
• Fists of Fury
• “Kenau Reeves is Too Good for This World” from NewYorker.com
• Captain Ron