80. Bob and Barbie Save the (Movie) World

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast · Jul 25, 2023 · 28m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWe Barbenheimer-ed! And we weren’t the only ones: Sarah found a 20-minute concession line in Dallas, the loo in NYC was out of toilet paper, and the two films took in more than $500 million globally. Still, would America have cared as much had the cinematic landscape not been so scorched-earth? Would Oppenheimer have been better as a mini-series? Did a Ken doll get more screen time than all the women in Oppenheimer’s life combined? We ponder these questions, as well as:* That time Tony Bennett wrote a…