Oct 22 2024 83 mins
We’re gonna need a bigger podcast…
Join the Guy Girls this week as Emily geeks out about the most tightly-written and well-crafted summer blockbuster ever made: Jaws. This film taught us the importance of keeping the monster hidden until the third act (which only happened because the mechanical shark broke down), features the most chilling four-minute monologue (telling the true story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis), and gave Emily a framework for understanding why officials might focus on profits over safety (which she needed during Covid). While there is no such thing as a perfect film–Jaws barely passes the Bechdel test and relies on the sexualized-young-woman-in-peril trope–this masterpiece comes pretty darn close.
Put on your headphones…but don’t go in the water!
CW: Discussion of violent/fatal shark attacks and child death.
Analysis of the film:
https://lithub.com/on-the-endless-symbolism-of-the-best-summer-movie-ever-made-jaws
https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/the-real-meaning-of-jaws-bjkgf9ry
Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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