Soderbergh Ep. 29: Magic Mike XXL (2015) with Marie Bardi-Salinas

Get ready for one (second-to-)last ride! We're hopping on the food truck with the Kings of Tampa to talk MAGIC MIKE XXL, Greg Jacobs's 2015 sequel to MAGIC MIKE, on which Soderbergh served as both cinematographer and editor. Returning to the show is our pal, movie person and social media producer Marie Bardi! We talk nontoxic masculinity, female pleasure, the film's response to race-based criticism of MAGIC MIKE, and whether the Kings can be considered a leaderless worker collective. Grab your cheetos and water and give it a listen.

Further Reading:

"Where Mike Got the Magic" by Tressie McMillan Cottom

"The Subversive Phallocentrism of Channing Tatum," by Katie Warfield

"The Lived Experience of Male Sex Work." by Michael G. Cutris and Joshua L. Boe

Further Viewing:

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley, 1933)

THE STORE (Frederick Wiseman, 1983)

BEAU TRAVAIL (Claire Denis, 1999)

STEP UP (Anne Fletcher, 2006)

STEP UP REVOLUTION (Scott Speer, 2012)

NOCTURAMA (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)

DOG (Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum, 2022)

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