#144 - The Marvels | Directed by Nia DaCosta (with Jessica and Saunya of Opinionated Lushes)

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Tune in as Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes) rejoin Arthur to review and recap The Marvels, the sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel (and a few other pieces of the ever-growing MCU). The multiple factors that led to this becoming a box office bomb, the real-life cases to which the Kree’s colonialist and imperialist regime can be compared (*cough cough* Israel and the U.S.), and Kamala Khan being an authentically and lovably cringey teenager comprise just a few of the talking points that the hosts dive into today.

Directed by Nia DaCosta, The Marvels stars Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton, Samuel L. Jackson, Park Seo-joon, Gary Lewis, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Leila Farzad, Abraham Popoola, Lashana Lynch, Tessa Thompson, and Daniel Ings.

Spoilers start at 26:26

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Good Word:

• Saunya: The Isle of Cats

• Jessica: I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton

• Arthur: Shallow Grave

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