FFR 117: High Fidelity with Special Guest Nicole He

Carolyn and Anita are joined on the podcast by special guest Nicole He, game developer and creative technologist, to take a look at Hulu’s High Fidelity, originally a novel by Nick Hornby, but probably known by most from the 2000 film starring John Cusack as Rob Gordon, a record store owner and obsessive music fan who takes us through his all-time top-five most painful breakups while trying to reunite with his most recent girlfriend. Hulu’s series swaps out this white dude version of Rob for a queer, woman of color played by Zoe Kravitz. Does the new representation in High Fidelity matter? And what happens to the narrative when this swap is applied to a character who epitomized a new kind of toxic masculinity at the start of the 21st century?

Time Stamps:

1:45 - a little bit about Nicole and how she makes some of the coolest sh*t Anita’s ever seen

7:02 - Main Discussion on High Fidelity

41:20 - What’s Your Freq Out?

• Carolyn on Tevin Thompson’s Fortnite essay
• Nicole on women weightlifting
• Anita on The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

Links Mentioned:

• enhance.computer
• Billy Eilish Gets Interviewed by a Robot - https://youtu.be/K0c94ghBS4A
• http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/

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