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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 182: "Mr Mom" Revisited
Description: Michael Keaton was 6 years away from playing a caped crusader in Batman, but in 1983 he was playing a different kind of superhero. A father who is called upon to be a ... parent. Yes, Mr. Mom turned gender roles upside down with lively performances from Keaton and Teri Garr. Audiences signed off on the switch and made it a classic 80's hit comedy. Now though, forty years later, is it all fun and games or flat-out offensive? Does the John Hughes story feel older than our middle-aged podcast cohosts? And does watching a man attempt to (gasp!) vacuum kinda suck? The...