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House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their Deeper Battle & Their Destined Doom | Explained
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06/14/24 • 20 min
House of the Dragon's Rhaenyra and Alicent’s opposite personalities are the sun-and-moon gravitational pull that makes their relationship the heart of the show’s central conflict. Starting as each other’s closest companions, Rhaenyra and Alicent must contend with their own position in a patriarchal society that view women as merely vessels for male dominion. Let’s take a look at how each woman is shaped by their experiences with abusive men, desire, duty, and motherhood, which ultimately pits them against each other in a fearsome battle for the Iron Throne.
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05/17/23 • 13 min
At first, Unforgiven might just look like another old-school Western, but it also challenges the genre of the Western and the black-and-white idea of a Western hero. Even if you haven’t seen the movie, you’ve probably seen modern neo-Westerns that stand on the shoulders of the revival this movie kicked off.
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05/16/23 • 10 min
Fashion today is veering in one of two directions: on one end of the spectrum is "hobocore," and on the other is the "old money" aesthetic. Here’s why these class-crossing fashion trends are so in right now, what their histories are, and their biggest problems.
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05/14/23 • 9 min
Scandoval: It’s got fan theories. It’s got lawsuits. It’s got brawls. And it’s got everyone’s attention. What makes this Vanderpump Rules scandal different from the endless reality tv gossip flooding social media?
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04/08/23 • 14 min
Everywhere we turn, we’re seeing unhappy rich characters. Even though today we’re pushed constantly to lust after having money in our culture, it seems that at the end of the day lots of money still turn you into a bad or miserable person...
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02/08/22 • 22 min
How I Met Your Mother's Tracy was the perfect love interest viewers spent 9 seasons waiting for... and then the finale undercut the romantic ideals at the show's core and underestimated it's audience by treating the Mother as disposable.
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The Smart Girl Trope, Explained
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02/04/22 • 17 min
She's a Smart Girl, and it's never been cooler to be one, to be proud of what you know and what you can achieve. So how has this archetype evolved, and what does it really mean to be a smart girl today?
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07/21/22 • 16 min
The Cougar used to be a punchline, but has the joke of an older woman preying on younger men stopped being funny? And was it ever?
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12/23/21 • 23 min
The Season 3 finale of Succession leaves us with some key takeaways about the nature of power: so much of it stems from others believing you have it, and that it’s not just about winning the stated game, but setting the terms of winning -- making up the rules and defining what power itself even is.
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11/15/24 • 13 min
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Gilmore Girls is of course the story of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore both figuring out how to grow up into the people they want to be – but there’s a third Gilmore woman who provides a very different perspective to the show with her own biting wit: matriarch Emily Gilmore. Emily was constantly at war with daughter Lorelai, over everything from major life decisions to the minutiae of her outfits. She is uptight and close-minded, the total antithesis of the fun and free Lorelai, and she can often come across as suffocating and even straight up mean. But, if we take a closer look, we can begin to better understand why Emily behaved the way she did, and why her evolution was actually just as important as Lorelai and Rory’s.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Take have?
The Take currently has 464 episodes available.
What topics does The Take cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film and Film Reviews.
What is the most popular episode on The Take?
The episode title 'Analyzing 3 Body Problem's Deeper Symbolism' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Take?
The average episode length on The Take is 15 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Take released?
Episodes of The Take are typically released every 2 days.
When was the first episode of The Take?
The first episode of The Take was released on Nov 15, 2021.
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