Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Six Degrees of Star Wars
Ep. 81: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by Orientalism
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Dear GOD, the racism on this one... George Lucas teams back up with Steven Spielberg to give us another Indiana Jones adventure, this one featuring the film debut of future Oscar Winner Ke Huy Quan, the creation of the PG-13 rating, and an absurd amount of Orientalist tropes about Indian food, culture, and people.
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