Et cetera…
After kicking off the new year with a deep dive into Alex Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina (listen) and revisiting our Patreon discussion of 28 Weeks Later (listen), we’re wrapping up January with a discussion of M. Night Shyamalan‘s 2016 box office juggernaut Split.
In Split, a man (James McAvoy) with 23 distinct personalities due to his dissociative identity disorder kidnaps three teenage girls (Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula) to sacrifice to his as yet unseen 24th personality: The Beast. While the girls attempt to escape, the man’s therapist (Betty Buckley) begins to suspect that he is lying to her during his sessions, sending her on an investigation deep into the mind of her troubled patient.
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Episode 370: Split (2016)
Look out the “window” and invite all the alters to the party because we’re discussing M. Night Shyamalan’s hugely successful but somewhat controversial 2016 thriller Split!
Join us as we parse through the film’s questionable handling of dissociative identity disorder and sexual assault, while lauding Shyamalan’s creative return to form and James McAvoy’s stellar performance.
Plus: Wheel of Fortune tactics, debating whether or not Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley) is a good therapist and discussing the Unbreakable (and Glass) of it all.
Cross out Split!
Coming Up Next: We’re spending Saturday night at the movies with the underrated early ’90s slasher Popcorn!
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