Still Processing

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Step inside the confession booth of Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, two culture writers for The New York Times. They devour TV, movies, art, music and the internet to find the things that move them — to tears, awe and anger. Still Processing is where they try to understand the pleasures and patholo… read more

February 8th, 2018•38:10

We Don't Know Where We Are

This week, we take the Oscar-nominated film "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" as a starting point for a discussion about a new sense of placelessness in film and TV. Over the last year, we've been seeing stories set in ambiguous spaces--the limbo between heaven and hell, distorted models of our world, towns that look like no place we recognize as American. We talk about "The Good Place," "Westworld," "Downsizing," and the Sunken Place from "Get Out" to try and figure out how we lost a sense of where we are. Then we look to shows like "Atlanta" and "The Chi" to think about how we might find our way back.

Discussed This Week:

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

“Grownish” (Freeform)

“Riverdale” (The CW)

Hot Topic "Riverdale" Merchandise

“Dennis Edwards, Former Temptations Lead Singer, Dies at 74” (Daniel E. Slotnik, The New York Times)

"Don’t Look Any Further" (Dennis Edwards)

"'Three Billboards’ Production Designer Inbal Weinberg on Martin McDonagh’s Unique Approach To Screen Language" (Matt Grobar, Deadline)

“The Good Place” (NBC)

“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

“Coco” (Pixar)

“Black Mirror” (Netflix)