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Great Scott!! A time traveling oedipal complex masquerading as family entertainment?

This special patrons-only bonus episode of Deep Thoughts takes a closer look at the film that ensured the DeLorean’s ongoing cultural relevance: Back to the Future. From the erasure of Black culture and ambition to some truly weird sexual politics (Marty was gonna do what in that parked car? And Lorraine was happy for her would-be rapist to come to her home 30 years later?), Emily and Tracie talk about all the ways this weird, regressive, fun, and remarkably well-made movie reifies social hierarchies and celebrates bizarre friendships between high school kids and ageless mad scientists.

Listen as we take this baby to 88 MPH—and go back to the future.

Mentioned in this episode:

https://newrepublic.com/article/122243/how-back-future-helped-make-me-feminist

CW: Discussion of on-screen sexual harassment and implied sexual assault.

Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com

We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.