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Awful and Awesome Ep 302: Dahaad, Air, Metallica album
The pop culture podcast that isn’t afraid to pop the bubble.
While talking about the movie Air:
Abbas: I wanna say something about the film that might get me into a bit of trouble.
Nainika: No, go ahead. Please, I wanna hear it before we start the actual review.
Abbas: I thought Air was such a guy movie.
Nainika: I didn’t think it was a guy movie.
Abbas: It’s dudes talking about basketball and shoes. It’s got every successful hit song of the 80s. It’s dudes brainstorming about shoes in a room.
Nainika: OK, Abbas. OK.
Abbas: And talking about sport. I was like, wow; I can feel the testosterone flowing.
Nainika: OK, we have to unpack this.
Nainika bursts out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff Awful and Awesome as Abbas Momin and Nainika Rathore review the series Dahaad, the movies Air and Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; Metallica’s new album 72 Seasons and the book This Is How You Lose The Time War.
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