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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.

tv & film film reviews

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Ep. 59: Treehouse of Horrors #1: Quoth the Raven,...

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/11/02

We channel the power of the very first Simpsons Halloween Special, TREEHOUSE OF HORROR, to stave off the onset of a different holiday season for just a little bit longer... Happy Halloween/All Saints' Day, everyone! PLUGGABLES: Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever Pods are Cast. Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr Todd: (to be updated) MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Support people who are losing SNAP benefits by...

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Ep. 58: We all SCREAM (1996) for Meta Horror

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/10/19

It codified the tropes while subverting the tropes, spawned a legion of sequels while mocking endless sequels, and gave a lot of my friends the answer to a very important question. But as a SCREAM neophyte, am I going to end up the final girl, or the first victim? Scream is rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, and for language, with mild depictions of sex and nudity. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort. Featuring Jasmine Garcia (@FaeRiviera) as Ghost-fae-ce. I'm...

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Ep. 57: West Side (of the Force) Story (2021)

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2025/10/05

Is it ever really worth remaking a movie that's generally considered a classic? Most people would say no, but most people are not Steven Spielberg deciding he wants to bring the musical New York street gang Romeo and Juliet better known as West Side Story to the big screen again, sixty years after the original. Who's going to say no to STEVEN SPIELBERG? The subject of this episode is a movie that depicts various forms of racial and ethnic discrimination, most notably anti-latine racism, as we...

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Ep. 56: The Blues Brothers

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2025/09/20

Hey, kids, want to see what kind of movie gets made when the entire cast and crew has access to a lot of schedule II narcotics, some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, and a script that was originally the size of the yellow pages? You're in luck, because this puppy (slaps the Bluesmobile) has it al! The subject of this episode is a movie from the 1980s that is rated R for depictions of sex, violence, profanity, smoking, and drug use, much of which also went into the process of mak...

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Ep. 55: Clue (1985) with Extra Curry

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/09/07

Whodunnit? Was it the 80s comedy icon? The maid? The other 80s comedy icon? The singer trying to act? The OTHER 80s comedy icon? The cook? The all around icon? One of three more 80s comedy icons? I haven't got a Clue (1985)! The subject of this episode is a movie from the 1980s depicting the 1950s and includes comedic material surrounding sexuality and non-white cultures typical of both those time periods. PLUGGABLES: Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials Charlotte Driftwood's Update Discor...

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Ep. 54: May the Phineas and Ferb Be With You

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2025/08/24

We finish out OOPS ALL TV Month by looking at the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars episode that features such delightful moments as Perry the Rebel-pus making a birthday cake for a Tusken Raider, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro beefing with Han Solo, and Candace Flynn singing imperial propaganda that's way too much of a bop for its own good. PLUGGABLES: River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright Nick: https://linktr.ee/really...

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Ep. 53: Young Indiana Jones: My First Cancellation

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2025/08/10

We start off our "Oops! All TV" episodes with a look at that time George Lucas made a prequel to one of his beloved franchises with a child actor yelling things like "yippee" and a lot of really racist stereotypes that were bad even in the 90s. No, not Phantom Menace, we already did that one! This is Young Indiana Jones. The subject of this episode contains depictions of racist caricatures of Middle Eastern and African people, child abduction and enslavement, the use of brown face, and ...

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Ep. 52: My Fair Lady, Forces of Dub-stiny

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2025/07/26

Let's take a look at an Oscar winning movie that involves a famous instance of an actor being dubbed when they weren't expecting to be... only let's make it extra ironic because we're doing an entire movie about language and speech. It's the romantic (against the wishes of George Bernard Shaw) comedy classic, MY FAIR LADY! Pluggables: MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT Poor People's Human Economic Rights Campaign https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-poor-peoples-army WORLDS ELSEWHERE'S PYGMALION: https:/...

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Ep. 51: American Psycho: Satire or Documentary?

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2025/07/13

We return to your regularly scheduled program with American Pyscho. Before this bloody satire of the ideal man of the 1980s gets its inevitable remake, let's remember our roots... (puts on a raincoat and grabs an axe) and that it is hip to be square. American Psycho is rated R for graphic depictions of Language, Sex, and Violence, and this episode will cover such depictions. please proceed according to your needs and comfort. Also, we’re gonna get political and existential, so… you’ve been wa...

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Episode 50: Much Ado About Star Wars

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/06/29

In honor of the 50th episode of 6 Degrees of Star Wars, we cracked open William Shakespeare's Star Wars and bring you selection from all nine installments of the Skywalker Saga. Our players are Jasmine Garcia (In Each Retelling), Kyle Kallgren (Brows Held High), River Lane (The Straights Aren't Alright), Ellie McConnaughy (The Biggest Night in Podcasting), Jacob Brode (Let's Be Superheroes & Database Ranger's Power Reviews), Mike Fatum (Ace of Geeks), Billie Roddie (OK Zoomer), Shamila Ka...

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Ep. 49: La Cage Aux Folles Gets Unlocked

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/06/14

It's very timely, but it's also badly aged. It's been adapted for the film and for the stage. And now we're looking at this tentpole of queer cinema, La Cage Aux Folles! Happy Pride. Pluggables: Émile: Stay tuned for the Not Even Podcast and for Malaika at Hear Me Out Productions (https://www.hearmeoutproductions.com/) River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright Mutual Aid Spotlights: Gender Justice LA (htt...

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Ep. 48: Turning Red (and Canadian)

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/06/01

From Academy Award winner Domee Shi comes Turning Red a beautifully personal and messy coming of age story that will bring you to tears. Or at least send some grown neurodivergent queer adults into an impromptu therapy session. PLUGGABLES River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright Jordan: Requesting good vibes for a masters' thesis. Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr, recommending " Turning Red's Black Problem by H...

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Ep. 47: Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters Requires...

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/05/17

Truth can be stranger than fiction as we dive into the Lucasfilm co-production directed by Paul Schrader (yes, Martin Scorsese's Paul Schrader) covering a uniquely important figure in Japanese history, Yukio Mishima. CONTENT WARNING FOR DEPICTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF SUICIDE. Jas: @FaeRiviera on the socials, host of In Each Retelling Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials, recommending that you see this movie Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr, recommending "11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate" ...

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Episode 46 is Episode 2 (Attack of the Clones)

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/05/04

Send us a text We celebrate May The Fourth 2025 with the most appropriate prequel possible -- Attack of the Clones! [Cricket noises] Okay, look, you'll get your Revenge of the Sith in December, you have to practice patience, our young Padawans! Anakin Skywalker's voice for the script section provided by Billy Roddie (source script here: http://sellascript.com/Source/resources/screenplays/attackoftheclones.htm) Pluggables: Ella: @drawnwithoutref on Instagram, ellacesari.weebly.com Jas: J...

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Ep. 45: Lilo & Stitch is Still Good. Yeah. Still Good.

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2025/04/26

Send us a text Ah, the animated Disney classic of the new millennium that should not be getting left behind just because a certain studio wants to keep doing what they've been doing for the last ten years. Nobody gets left behind or forgotten. Matt: @4urconsderation on Letterboxd; Dear Natty fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dear-natty-a-comedydrama-web-series) River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren...

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Ep. 44: Death Becomes Her Becomes Meme'd

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/04/13

Send us a text The campy 90s horror comedy with the groundbreaking special effects and extremely dated sexual politics makes it to our corner of the galaxy, prompting discussions about immortality, the inherent eroticism of frenemies, and fingers pointed at both Canada and Portugal. Pluggables River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr Émile: @emperorholly on BlueSky, https://www....

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Ep. 43: THE SUBSTANCE Over Style

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/03/29

Send us a text Newly minted Oscar-winner THE SUBSTANCE arrives in a galaxy far far away, with just... so many content warnings. But it's art, so we'll allow it. The Substance contains graphic depictions of drug use, nudity, body horror, and sex. please proceed according to your needs and comfort. Pluggables: Syd: @sydney_bug on X (yes, she knows) Mutual Aid Spotlight: Support Moms and Kids on the Path to Recovery: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-moms-and-kids-on-the-path-to-recovery ...

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Ep. 42: Portrait of a Lady on Fire = HAWT

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/03/15

Send us a text Allô, bonjour, it is a very good day to be egregiously French with the MOST lesbian period drama ever to lesbian period drama. This may well be Céline Sciamma's masterpiece, but will it stand up to 4 sapphic disasters' shenanigans? Portrait of a Lady on Fire contains depictions of sex, abortion, and drug use, and discussions of suicide. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort level. Feminist Media Tests: https://youtu.be/2GLdPodFS80 Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Lett...

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Ep. 41: Let the BOTTOMS Hit the Floor

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/03/02

Send us a text Y'all, is it gay to start a fight club so that you can flirt with cheerleaders after your principal threatened to expel you for lightly tapping the star football player with your car? Just asking for Emma Seligman's 2023 teen satire, BOTTOMS. Bottoms is rated R for language, violence, and sexual undertones. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort. PLUGGABLES: Émile: TBA Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling. River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_...

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Ep. 40: Love Lies Bleeding, We Lie Screaming

Six Degrees of Star Wars ·

2025/02/16

Send us a text We officially make it Femslash February with the 2024 sapphic romance/thriller, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, taking be gay do crime to a whole new level. Love Lies Bleeding is rated R for graphic language, and depictions sex, drug use, and violence. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort. Pluggables: Ellie:Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever Pods are Cast. Meredith: @MeredithCookO...

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