Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is the 295th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on October 29, 2024.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

David and Tamler hop into their Scooby Van and drive into Tobe Hooper's mad and macabre horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.  How does this endlessly imitated movie still have the power to scare the shit out of people fifty years after its release? We talk about the sounds, smells, heat, and sweat (but not so much the blood) that pour out of the screen. And we dare to ask the question: are the Sawyers – a family of craftsmen and artists, committed to sustainability and fine dining – actually the victims here? Plus we take and fail a test to see if we can identify fake Republicans and Democrats.  Hart, M., & Nazarian, N. (2024) Season's mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia. Nature. Both Democrats and Republicans can pass the Ideological Turing Test [experimental-history.com] The Ideological Turing Test [ituringtest.com] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [wikipedia.org]  

• Hart, M., & Nazarian, N. (2024) Season's mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia. Nature.
  
• Both Democrats and Republicans can pass the Ideological Turing Test [experimental-history.com]
  
• The Ideological Turing Test [ituringtest.com]
  
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [wikipedia.org]