Beef Haters, Hader’s Beef, and HBO’s Max Defeat

Laura J. Burns
Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

This week the Antagonist Podcast is talking about MAX (minus the HBO) and Netflix’s Beef.

Join The Antagonist Managing Editor Laura J. Burns with writers Orly Minazad, Dustin Waters, and John Brown Spiers as they dazzle you with pop culture topics.

Click to listen below or wherever you get your Podcasts.

0:11 — What’s better than being hung over alone?

2:09 — Welcome to the podcast!

7:41 — Netflix will no longer be sending out DVDs after 25 years of doing so.

12:17 — Dominion settles with Fox News for $787 million.

14:03 — Ali Wong is dating Bill Hader and it’s probably because of his large appendage.

23:40 — Beef is a show that chooses violence.

26:53 — The Christian community as depicted in Beef.

35:27 — Are the characters victims of their anger or of their bad choices?

39:32 — David Choe’s alleged rape of a woman and his inadequate response.

49:59 — The worrisome way copyright law was used in response to this scandal.

53:30 — HBO Max, minus the “HBO.”

1:03:33 — Is this HBO’s New Coke moment?

1:06:38 — HBO Max is not taking away HBO, even though it feels that way.

1:12:35 — Mark your calendars for Dustin’s Olympics birthday!

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