Compassion Over Competition with Margaret Pereira - HUSTLERS (2019)

"There are people throwing the money, and people doing the dance," as Jennifer Lopez's Ramona opines in Lorene Scafaria's 2019 smash HUSTLERS, an ostentatious and blistering look into the camaraderie of four strippers pushing back against the pressures of Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis. Dolly Back is joined by Margaret Pereira, whose scholarly work dives into how exchange value, thing power, and materialism's ties to the body are central players in this new economy, everywhere from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's iconic WAP music video to the jaw-dropping, Britney Spears-backed montages in Scafaria's latest outing! Join your hosts on what ranks among their most ambitious discussions for one of the podcast's most modern films to date - trust us when we say you've got to join the center ring or stand in the corner on this one!

Margaret's Golden Butts, Breasts, and Black Feminist New Materialism: WAP as an Articulation of the Commodity-Agent

Todd Banhazl on HUSTLERS' cinematography

Margaret's Twitter