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S2 Ep2: Pop Screen: Spice World (with Ewan Gleadow)

Jan 14, 20211 hr 5 min
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Episode description

That's right, it's the Spice Girls! And they're dressed as each other! Isn't it a howl? If you do not, in fact, think it's a howl, their film Spice World might be a bit of a slog - yet despite near-universal disdain from critics it remains the all-time highest-grossing movie starring a pop band. In episode two of Pop Screen, Graham and Ewan pick their way through the film's minefield of skits, celebrity cameos and quickly-abandoned subplots. They also re-examine the film as part of its cultural moment, which means considering everything from the decline of Britpop to the out-takes from a Polaroid commercial, and ask: what is the legacy of the Spice Girls?

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