Body Horror, Beauty Standards, & The Substance as a Feminist Masterpiece

身体恐怖、美容标准和女权主义杰作的实质

The Polyester Podcast

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2024-09-23

42 分钟
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This week we've partnered with MUBI to bring you an extra special live episode from HOME Manchester to dig into The Substance - Coralie Fargeat’s flamboyant body horror that provocatively lambasts beauty standards with killer performances from legends Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Ione and Gina look at the film's use of the male gaze, the meta commentary of the casting as well as the inherent value of embracing being a gross girl. Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member 3 Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! A statement by journalists: We condemn Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza and urge integrity in Western media coverage of Israel's atrocities against Palestinians. Have an opinion and want to be featured on an upcoming episode? We want to hear from YOU! Leave a review, send us your thoughts on this episode to ione@polyesterzine.com, or drop us a DM on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Hi, everyone.

  • We recorded this week's epa, an extra special preview of the substance we held with Mubi at home in Manchester two weeks ago.

  • It's a real gory body horror hagsploitation in a gorgy pink bow, so be warned to look up trigger warnings before you go into it.

  • Thank you, Ione, for being my co host, Olivia for production and the Mubi team for partnering with us on this one.

  • The substance is out in cinemas now, so please watch it before listening if you don't want any spoilers.

  • Hello everyone, I'm Ione.

  • And I'm Gina, founding editor in chief of Polyester.

  • And I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester.

  • Thank you all so much for joining us and sticking around after the film.

  • Yeah, mine's a bit blown.

  • Yeah, so I saw this film like two months ago and immediately after leaving the screening I rang.

  • Ione was going, ah.

  • And then Ione seen it for the first time tonight.

  • So we've got a very fresh perspective from Ione.

  • So I'm really excited to pick her brain because not Even in that 50 minute interval I got a chance to properly.

  • What were your initial, well, what were your initial thoughts upon second viewing?

  • On second viewing, I think it was more gory than I remembered, which is crazy because I was like, this is the craziest thing I've ever seen.

  • It also gave me lots of thoughts on.

  • More thoughts on depictions of female bodies.

  • I think like the way that the.