The Take

So often stories resort to lazy, easy shortcuts we’ve seen a million times before. When are they effective or timeless, and when is this just a boring lack of imagination? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Sep 202210min

Roman Roy is an exhibitionist, but his kinkiness doesn’t just make him a memorable treat of a character. His particular perversities outline the Roy family’s psychological pitfalls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Sep 202216min

Sydney Sweeney is putting a Gen Z stamp on the sex symbol. Here's our Take on how Sydney has deconstructed and rebuilt the sex symbol in a more serious way: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Sep 20229min

The damsel in distress character has fallen majorly out of fashion – and for good reason – but have we overcorrected against her? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Sep 202214min

Why is Hollywood so against women being in charge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Sep 202214min

Nepo babies are everywhere in entertainment these days – from Maude Apatow to Dakota Johnson to Nicolas Cage, one of your favorite actors is probably related to the Hollywood elite. So what do these stars really say about inequality in entertainment, and in America more broadly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Sep 202212min

Hannah on Girls was widely deemed one of the most annoying TV characters of the 2010s, but was she just misunderstood? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Aug 202212min

So many stories center around the mystery of a beautiful dead girl who is often flattened into a symbol and treated as a mystery to be solved. Here’s our take on the dead girl story, and the loss she really represents in our culture: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Aug 202213min