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Romeo + Juliet vs. Heart Eyes: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Today we’re getting into two creative, genre-crossing movies about love worth dying for — it’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet vs. Heart Eyes.

The Godfather, Part II vs. Legally Blonde: Typecast

Two movies about protagonists who are dismissed based on stereotypes and whose longing for respectability does them a disservice — It's The Godfather, Part II vs. Legally Blonde.

Parasite vs. It Takes Two: Upstairs, Downstairs

Two films that explore the class divide as someone poor infiltrates the world of the rich and we discover the grass isn’t always greener — it’s Parasite vs. It Takes Two. 

This week on Tasteless, Emily makes the case that It Takes Two is "baby's first Parasite" — her own childhood primer on class warfare courtesy of the Olsen twins. Both films send someone poor into the world of the rich and both understand that the things the wealthy never think about, like a room with a door that closes or a bath nobody interrupts, are exactly what the have-nots covet most.

Interstellar vs. Idiocracy: Space Cadets

Two dystopian futures buried in dust, where our heroes have to choose between what they want and what everyone needs — it’s Interstellar vs. Idiocracy.

One is a three-hour space epic where love transcends dimensions; the other is a 2006 comedy where the president is a former SmackDown champion. Emily argues the two share a thesis: the world doesn't end with a bang, it ends if we stop caring about our community.

Tune in for a breakdown of what makes Murph such a singular sci-fi hero, why Luke Wilson looks like a good listener, and all the similarities the present-day United States of America shares with Idiocracy. Unfortunately, President Camacho is a more capable leader than our real president.

Project Hail Mary vs. The Intern: Theory of Objectivity

Two movies about unlikely friendships and learning from people different than yourself — it’s Project Hail Mary vs. The Intern.

One is a glossy, emotional sci-fi flick about a man waking up alone in space on a mission to save Earth. The other is a Nancy Meyers comfort movie about a retired widower who becomes a senior intern at a fast-growing startup.

It’s all about how the right person can pull you out of your own patterns. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) and Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) are both stuck—not wrong, but stuck—and what makes their stories compelling is that someone with a completely different outlook comes in and disproves their ideas about themselves.

In Project Hail Mary, what starts as an impossible, solitary mission becomes interplanetary collaboration that allows Ryan Gosling and Rocky to save their species. In The Intern, that same kind of relationship helps Anne Hathaway realize she doesn’t have to do everything herself and that letting people in might actually make her better at what she does.

The episode also gets into why friendship stories like this hit harder than we give them credit for. Not everything has to be about romance to be life-changing. Both films show how connection can pull someone out of isolation, offer perspective, and lead to real growth.

And while Project Hail Mary delivers the big, heroic, saving the world swings, The Intern ultimately comes out ahead. Its central relationship feels more grounded, more human, focusing on two people with full lives, experiences, and opinions.