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The Contender
This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Kamala Harris - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). This is a film that is posited as a liberal feel-good film about making a woman the Vice Presiden...
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The Contender is an episode from The Zeitgeist Tapes. This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Kamala Harris - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). This is a film that is posited as a liberal feel-good film abou...
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Published Nov 14, 2024, 34:24 long, audio available.
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This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Kamala Harris - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). This is a film that is posited as a liberal feel-good film about making a woman the Vice President under unusual circumstances. It might be 'of its time' or it might be - as Emma argues - a timeless liberal man's idea of what a feminist film looks like.
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Published Nov 14, 2024 and 34:24 long