We welcome Elizabeth Spencer and Karen Unland of That’s A Thing?! to discuss two films about teen girls, and their moms.
Show Notes:
* Thanks Sri Rao for the Nimbu Pani recipe, get his book [Bollywood Kitchen](http://www.newyorksri.com/books/) (sorry for all the noise our metal straws make)
* [That’s A Thing?!](https://thatsathing.transistor.fm/?utm_source=Publicate&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=That%26%2339%3Bs+a+Thing%3F%21&utm_campaign=Member+podcasts+-+NEW)
* Erin knows nothing about teens
* Do teenagers even watch movies anymore?
* [The Lobby](http://www.thelobbymovies.com/)
* [Are today’s teen movies as good as the ones from the ‘90s?](http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Alicia-Silverstone-As-If-Reaction-Gif-In-Clueless.gif)
* [The YA genre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_adult_fiction)
* Why aren’t there a lot of Bollywood films about teenagers?
* [The best joke](https://youtu.be/zcZ-jg670bE)
* [Gippi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gippi)
* SO MUCH SMOKING
* Fat jokes
* “It’s nice to watch a movie”
* Twilight parallels?
* [Blackface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface)… (more here on [Bollywood and blackface](https://splinternews.com/bollywood-s-shameful-history-of-blackface-1793856198))
* Realistic portrayal of teen life?
* [The Kraz](https://youtu.be/XIGAsK0newk)
(INTERVAL (“[Main Kaun Hoon](https://youtu.be/XyZ0aXrpJIc)” from Secret Superstar)
* [Secret Superstar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Superstar)
* [Meghna Mishra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghna_Mishra)
* Age appropriate songs
* Songs: “[Nachdi Phira](https://youtu.be/90csu7Y-zzA),” “[Meri Pyaari Ammi](https://youtu.be/z4I2H6Mulc0),” and “[Sapne Re](https://youtu.be/tQZdmF3VZyg)”
* Box office and [popularity in China](https://www.forbes.com/sites/suparnadutt/2018/02/12/indias-aamir-khan-is-the-secret-superstar-of-chinas-box-office/https://www.forbes.com/sites/suparnadutt/2018/02/12/indias-aamir-khan-is-the-secret-superstar-of-chinas-box-office/)
* Domestic violence
* Daughters supporting mothers
* An inaccurately positive portrayal of the Internet
* Young love
* Shakti Kumar’s first YouTube video: “[Sexy Baliye](https://youtu.be/-2VZsMrWbag)”
* The human right to dream
NEXT TIME: road trip movies!
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