FFR 124: The Half of It

On this episode of Feminist Frequency Radio we take a look at The Half of It, the second film from Saving Face director Alice Wu. Available for streaming on Netflix, the film is a take on the classic-literature-as-teen-movie genre, reimagining Cyrano de Bergerac as wry, bookish teenager Ellie Chu, who reluctantly agrees to help charming but dim-witted Paul woo the girl that Ellie herself has a crush on. Join us as we examine how this film subverts expectations of the genre, telling a surprisingly multi-faceted story of teen angst.
 

Time Stamps:

4:47 - Main Discussion on The Half of It

41:52 - What’s Your Freq Out?

• Carolyn on Driveways (2019) directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Hong Chau, Lucas Jaye, and Brian Dennehy
• Ebony on Tongan responses to Rutger Bregman’s telling of “real life” Lord of the Flies - https://twitter.com/endlessyarning/status/1259346151154708480?s=20 - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months
• Anita on the novels The Relentless Moon: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal and The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
• Guest freq out from listener Juno on Oceans 11 but it’s Gay - https://youtu.be/md2m_qi4Kjc
   

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