Jan 25 2025 102 mins 1
Hello, audient,
We are discussing the NBA's crisis of viewership these days, how to analyze it, where to approach it from, who to blame...
Jake takes the side of the NBA "worker"; a late-stage capitalism employee that has already fully adjusted to the true mentality of the sport - personal profit. He also raises the issue of homoeroticism, which becomes particularly resonant with the fantasies of the white man towards the black man's body - othered, mystified and "supercharged."
It's a fantasy with a long history.
This leads to a discussion of the meaning of competition and team efforts, as well as more homoerotic identifications that, unlike the repressed, kept coming back(!)
Sagi will call it all a Protestant conspiracy, a fracking-hollow of the competition signifier. But it might be another homophobic deflection...
We left a couple of spicy nuggets in there as well.
Can you find them?
Stars: Marx Grudge; Pervs 'R Us; WWJD; Beast & Sovereign
