For All Intents and Purposes

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READY PLAYER NOONE: Steven Spielberg said recently that movies made by internet-first companies like Netflix “deserve an Emmy, not an Oscar.” Where is the line between tv and film anymore? Is the line even there? Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the malleability of the filmic medium, be it cinema or television.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 16 – Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons: Where D. and Andrew talk about the rise of serialized television and its relationship with the more traditional episodic format.

WORKS CITED:

• Hart, Hugh. “Christopher Nolan Fights to Keep Film Alive.” DGA Quarterly. DGA, 2015.
• Nyren, Erin. “Steven Spielberg Doesn’t Think Netflix Movies Deserve Oscars.” Variety. Variety Media, 25 Mar. 2018.

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• Because, for some reason, D. Bethel mentioned the three-season Ferris Bueller pastiche, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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