SHOW NOTES: How The Suicide Squad Got Too Real

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena

The cast from “The Suicide Squad”

Welcome to this week’s episode about The Suicide Squad (not to be confused with Suicide Squad, which came out in 2016). There was A LOT to unpack in this movie, including American imperialism, the Iran-Contra Affair, the role the U.S. has played in Latin American over the years, and the endearing nature of King Shark. Aman loved the movie, Lena not as much, but she still liked it quite a bit! So at the very least, tune in for the debate between these geeky siblings.

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Some links to help you geek out EVEN MORE:

• The Suicide Squad Is Peak John Cena
• The Suicide Squad Concept Art Is Beautiful, Bizarro, and Starro
• ‘The Suicide Squad’ Stumbles Over the Delta Variant, HBO Max, and a Three-Letter Word

• A history of U.S. interventions in Latin America (There’s a lot)
• An overview of the Monroe Doctrine
• ‘The Suicide Squad’ Is a Dark Parody of America’s Imperial Fiascos
• “The Suicide Squad” is a grim portrait of real-life U.S.-Nazi collaboration
• All the Easter Eggs in The Suicide Squad

Shout out to these flowers and Harley Quinn (also definitely how we’re feeling during this pandemic)

This guy. We all know one.