The Mandalorian podcast took an interesting turn this week. To coincide with now back-to-back episodes of the series being helmed by female directors, our conversation delved into critiques of the casting and creative choices and how gender bias can factor into those critiques.
Here’s the summary:
Your hosts — Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and David Gladow (@davegladow) — discuss the fourth episode of “The Mandalorian,” the new Star Wars series on Disney+. This chapter leans HEAVILY into the Seven Samarai and the Magnificent Seven and they discuss whether this level of narrative inspiration is welcome or not. Also, inspired by back-to-back episodes directed by women (a first for Star Wars), they dive into questions of gender/appearance.
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Read more of Fredo’s musings here.
Read more of Dave’s musings here.
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