522: The Buttercream Gang
Sep 02, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 522
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Summary
This episode dives into a hilariously bad Christian children's film, The Buttercream Gang, exposing its problematic themes of class privilege, sexism, and questionable morals disguised as wholesome entertainment. The hosts and guest Cara Santa Maria dissect the film's absurd plot points, thinly veiled homoerotic undertones, and the characters' bizarre interpretations of morality, all while navigating comical tangents and ad reads. They explore how the movie inadvertently champions enabling bad behavior and the challenges of finding true humor in such a flawed production.Episode description
This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us for an atheist review of The Buttercream Gang, the story of four kids growing up on the mean streets of Draper, Utah and trying to survive the gang violence that so often plagues towns like it.
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Check out more from Cara on the Talk Nerdy podcast
Come see us live in New Orleans on September 27th!
If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful
Check out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.
Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/
Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
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