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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: HOLIDAY 2019: Babes in Toyland (1961)
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CONTENT WARNING: The synopsis of this film contains a slur directed at the Romani community, used for a significant plot point in this film. As well, discussions of gaslighting, manipulation, and emotional abuse of women, and misogyny.
We were prepared for a good, old-fashioned family Disney musical this week as we ventured into our film. What we got instead was buck wild, convoluted, and really, really problematic. And not in a “gee, it wa...