Premium Episode 132: White Squall (Movie Night)

Late to the party, I know, but I was rewatching the “Forks” episode of “The Bear” (S02E07), and spotted a framed poster for “White Squall” hanging prominently in the background of two short scenes in Richie’s home. It’s definitely a commentary on the action of the episode, which traces how a blue-collar lout manages to subordinate his ego to the group project of a three-star restaurant. They did something similar with a poster for “Rounders” in the “Beef” episode (S02E01). Just sayin’ . . . .

Liam Harte

This is relevant information thank you

The tagline for this movie should be “Dead Poets Society reimagined by William F. Buckley.” From Cuba to the sailing aspects: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/conservatives-and-skinny-dipping-patrick-brennan/ Truly, it’s amazing how WS re-does all the DPS beats with no apparent understanding that it has the reverse moral values — subjugation to the collective instead of individuality, violence against children as pedagogy instead of scarring trauma, toxic masculinity instead of artistic sensibility, to name but a few — and so the beats make no sense in this context, are unearned and jarringly inappropriate. Also all the Christian undercurrents seem distasteful… the references to mountains, deserts and shepherds as this man abandons children and a woman in his sinking ship. I wonder how much of this misfire is the result of some weird Australian director one-upmanship (ha) by Ridley Scott vis-à-vis also-Australian DPS-director Peter Weir in the 'smorgasbord of prep school boys and their mentor' movie genre, while overlaying it with his own macho sensibilities. Weir’s pasty boys just needed some sun, exercise and authoritarian rule! Great discussion, though. You really get at all the terrible layers of this film with appropriately vehement feeling.

Emvee

57:20. I just want to mark that time so I can come back here and listen to everyone cry with laughter if I need a pick-me-up.

LetsPlayGames

Can the reboot please be called "Regular Squall"? .....Pleeeeeze!

Nate Wells

Please invite him back and do another episode, this was one of the best

STAN ROGERS!!!!

not the shitty spanish 😭

Chuckles

As a Canadian I am appalled I did not know Stan Rogers. Incredible song. Went on to spend the evening listening to him. Nice episode, too.

Saaame!

Kameron Jackson

Says more about the Watkins' tragic taste in films than anything else

Trino Carrera

Ron Watkins would have been about 8 when this movie was in the theater, but give it 3-5 to get to the discount bin and I wonder if this was the kind of thing Jim would have used for "bonding."

Trino Carrera

I want that horror edit so bad

A sudden absence of bees

FINALLY

Irina Krier

Jeff Bridges sounds like Dr. Phil in the boarding scene.