Mike Judge

Feb 28, 2018

Mike Judge may be more successful on the small screen (Beavis & Butt-Head, King of the Hill, and Silicon Valley).  But, while his film work has not met with the same commercial success, his movies have certainly developed a following.  Despite Office Space and Idiocracy being box office failures, people still talk about them years after their release.  In this episode, we critique the films of Judge and get into a conversation about Judge's worldview.

 

Show Notes/Sources:

http://www.ecuador.com/blog/mike-judge-the-ultimate-animator-from-ecuador

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/mike-judge-the-bard-of-suck.html

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/beavis-and-butt-head-do-america-1996

https://news.avclub.com/mike-judge-says-office-space-helped-rid-the-world-of-f-1798269510

http://ew.com/article/2003/05/23/fax-life/

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/09/weekend-at-the-movies-disappoints/24679/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bn3vgv/idiocracy-is-elitist-porn

https://www.salon.com/2016/03/05/idiocracys_curdled_politics_the_beloved_dystopian_comedy_is_really_a_celebration_of_eugenics_partner/

http://www.cracked.com/article_19710_6-movies-inadvertently-remade-as-other-movies.html

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/07/idiocracy-is-a-cruel-movie-and-you-should-be-ashamed-for-liking-it/

https://youtu.be/BC_rkE8j-To

https://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-mike-judge/