February 9, 2021

EP. 140.5 — BONUS: Promising Young Woman

On a bonus Unspooled, Paul & Amy discuss 2020’s thorny modern revenge story Promising Young Woman! They praise the film’s tonal balancing act and subversion of audience expectations, view Cassie’s story through the prism of the misogynist pop culture of the 00s, and listen to highlights from Amy’s conversation with director Emerald Fennell and star Carey Mulligan.

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