This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find links to all the things we talk about in the show as well as a bit more detail about who we are and where else you can find us online.
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SRSLY is hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s head of podcasts and pop culture writer. We’re on Twitter as @c_crampton and @annaleszkie, where between us we post a heady mixture of Serious Journalism, excellent gifs and regularly ask questions J K Rowling needs to answer.
The links
Isle of Dogs
Simran Hans reviews the film at Reverse Shot.
What It’s Like to Watch Isle of Dogs As a Japanese Speaker.
Justin Chang reviews the film for LA Weekly.
Alison Willmore argues: Orientalism Is Alive And Well In American Cinema.
Karen Han calls the film “gross Japanese appropriation”.
Ordeal by Innocence
The series on the BBC iPlayer.
The background to the adaptation’s reshoot.
Flower Boy
For next time:
We are watching Bromans.
Get in touch
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Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.
See you next week!