We get political this week on the BFG Podcast. Guest Rebecca Kurson joins host Neal Pollack in condemning Hamas, sure, but also offering a lot of disdain for Western intellectuals and actors who *refuse *to condemn Hamas). Neal is especially angry at a coalition of writers, his former peers perhaps, like Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, and Ben Lerner, who published an open letter in the Guardian calling for a ceasefire. Lame, and morally weak.Rebecca is quite angry at Tilda Swinton, who is wide-open when it comes to sexual and gender identity, calling for a ceasefire. Does she really think Hamas is her friend? Neal urges her to reconsider her approbation for Sam Heughan from Outlander, who signed an open letter and then publicly apologized on Instagram. She needs to forgive him because there are more episodes of Outlander to come. "They just got off the ship in Scotland," she says. "I have to know what happens."Then we pivot to the less serious. Pablo Gallaga appears to talk about the Five Nights At Freddy's) movie, which seems to be popular among the kids, but isn't very popular among the critics, including Pablo. Admittedly, Pablo never played the video games, but he does know horror movies very well, and has a lot of negative stuff to say about the movie's boring plot, and, most damningly, lack of jump scares. How can a movie adaptation of one of the scariest video games ever not be scary? Inquiring minds must know. Also, Neal asks, why does Freddy Fazbear's need a security guard if it's abandoned?Also, why do we have a Buffy the Vampire Slayer audiobook series without Buffy the Vampire Slayer and without Joss Whedon? Well, that is 'Slayers),' and Paula Shaffer is here to talk about this return to the Buffyverse. The show is not entirely successful, but Paula seems to enjoy visiting Spike and Cordelia and all her old Buffyverse friends. Everyone seems to be having fun. Isn't that what we want out of our entertainment?Enjoy your entertaining podcast!
