Bling Empire, The White Tiger, and feeling the meme bern
Crazy rich and crazy poor Asians, plus culture notes about the lifecycle of the year's first mega meme
We discuss Bling Empire, a reality TV show about having everything, and The White Tiger, a film about having nothing and wanting everything.
01:49 Bling Empire, Netflix's latest glossy smooth-brain content, is, disappointingly, neither particularly crazy rich nor particularly Asian.
18:08 The White Tiger, also new on Netflix, is about what it takes to become a "have" in a cruel system of haves and have-nots.
31:34 Plus, culture notes about the Bernie Sanders mittens meme outrage cycle.
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu
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