Late Stage NBA...

Hello, audient,

We are discussing the NBA's crisis of viewership these days, how to analyze it, where to approach it from, who to blame...

Jake takes the side of the NBA "worker"; a late-stage capitalism employee that has already fully adjusted to the true mentality of the sport - personal profit. He also raises the issue of homoeroticism, which becomes particularly resonant with the fantasies of the white man towards the black man's body - othered, mystified and "supercharged."
It's a fantasy with a long history.

This leads to a discussion of the meaning of competition and team efforts, as well as more homoerotic identifications that, unlike the repressed, kept coming back(!)
Sagi will call it all a Protestant conspiracy, a fracking-hollow of the competition signifier. But it might be another homophobic deflection...

We left a couple of spicy nuggets in there as well.
Can you find them?

Stars: Marx Grudge; Pervs 'R Us; WWJD; Beast & Sovereign