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Awful and Awesome Ep 228: Squid Game, House of Secrets, Break Point
The pop culture podcast that isn’t afraid to pop the bubble.
While talking about the documentary series Break Point:
Rajyasree: The two people who had directed it are the same people who directed Panga and Dangal.
Abhinandan: If you mix the two movies, if you watch the first part of Panga and the second part of Dangal, it will become Pangal.
Rajyasree: (sarcastically) It’s a good joke.
Abhinandan: I think it’s better than yours. It’s at least 5.5/10.
Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review Netflix's Korean drama web series Squid Game; and documentary series Break Point and House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths. They also discuss the new trailer of Batman; the Cred ad featuring Kapil Dev; and the Fabindia controversy.
PS: Abhinandan sings a new version of Aati Kya Khandala.
Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.
Song:
Timecodes
00:01 - Introduction
08:18 - Break Point
24:37 - Subscriber letters
28:33 - House of Secrets
41:59 - Cred ad ft. Kapil Dev
44:22 - Subscriber letters
50:15 - Fabindia controversy
52:38 - Batman Trailer
54:20 - Squid Game
1:02:11 - Subscriber letters
References
Fabindia’s ‘Jashn-e-Riwaaz’ sparks controversy
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Pakistan’s ‘king of comedy’ Umer Sharif dies at 66
TEDx: Canceling cancel culture with compassion
Recorded and produced by Jude Weston, edited by Samarendra K Dash.
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