28. Kino Corner
On Episode 28 of The Carousel Podcast, I host film YouTuber Kino Corner. Mr. Corner is known for his series on “Literally Me” films—movies with sigma male protagonists whose refusal to play along with the absurd morality of a broken world resonates with young men. “That character is, like, literally me!”We discuss the trend of populist “eat the rich” films. In my recent Substack, The Rise of the Populist Genre Film, I attempted to name this micro-genre Populist Death Match. We examine three films from 2022, The Menu, Triangle of Sadness, and Glass Onion, all of which contain remarkably…
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