Blatant Misreading
Blatant Misreading is a podcast where we take academic and political theory somewhere it was never meant to go: popular culture. In each episode, hosts Margie Tang-Oxley and Aaron Posner analyse a movie or TV show with a piece of theory that is, at best, kind of misapplied. Of course we all want an analysis of class dynamics in "Parasite," but we'll leave something that makes that much sense to the pros! We'll be over here applying Noam Chomsky to "Paddington 2."
Blatant Misreading
Episode 1 - Seinfeld and Choice Theory
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Today we will be analyzing Season 5, Episode 22 of Seinfeld, "The Opposite", with Michael Allingham's book A Very Short Introduction to Choice Theory. Joining as a guest for this episode is Blatant Misreading's very own producer, Josie Baker.
Why is George Costanza's life so bad? Why is Elaine Benes' so good? Why is Jerry always coasting, and how does Kramer even stay alive? You'll just have to listen to find out!