Contextual Deviants

Grab some scroggin and get ready to live that skux life as Contextual Deviants covers Taika Waititi's majestical buddy comedy Hunt For the Wilderpeople! Highlights include: Is that Satan?, Hidalgo 2: 2 Hidalgos, the Mother of Ticks, punish the pig, BigHotSac.com, Skexy and I know it, and much more!

We made it to 2021! Let's see, how's the world doing? ...Oh....Hey, who wants to listen to a podcast about a fun-violent lady clown movie? That sounds like a good distraction right now. It's 2020's Birds of Prey, or The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn! Highlights include: De-introducing Jay-Z, you get it, Glaring Error-nofsky, allergic to injury, social assassins, an egg-sandwich based Flash game, ink-circle for crime, and much more!

Merry Cringemas, everybody! This holiday season, we watched the movie that finally dared to ask the question: What if Kristen Stewart was more relatable than Mary Steenburgen? It's the 2020 Hulu original romcom Happiest Season! Gather your cheer and join us right here on Contextual Deviants. Highlights include: Very TBS, Mary Steenburgen: Emotional Terrorist, little creepies, Sex Yelp, Y.A.P., fiddle-faddle fingees, LGBTQ-anon, and much more!

Journey with us to the time before. You know. BEFORE! Contained within this compilation are some of the best clips from ten of our best episodes (top 50, for sure), from Taxi Driver to Midsommar (and several movies which are not haunting stories of mental illness and gruesome murder)!  It's been hard transitioning to the new setup for the show, and it's evolving every time we record. It's nice to be reminded what the show sounded like when it was, you know, easier. A lot easier. We want to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who has listened to the show and supported us even during these difficult times. We look forward to many more romps through randomized critical contexts to come.

We all miss the spooky fun Halloween party atmosphere this year, so why not bring all the fun of talking about watching someone else have a house party into your own home this holiday season? Contextual Deviants dives into the 1990 cult comedy classic House Party! Highlights include: Half a loin of Elon, the My Wife and Kids rewatch podcast everyone's been asking for, WWKNPD, Fat Jim, a $15,000 house, Peewee-Drunk Love, and much more!

Grab your axes and watch out for Dudley, it's 2020's The Old Guard on this episode of Contextual Deviants! There is some real goofy biz in this one, so we hope you can just sit back and enjoy it. After all, unless you're an immortal warrior, you only live once! Highlights include: Moose tongue, Boromir Kavanaugh, the first time someone has pulled out a relevant historical quote on this podcast, Thick Voice, Comrade Yoda, and much more!

Let's grift some rich people! We're talking about the first non-English film to win Best Picture, Parasite! Bong Joon-Ho's metaphorical masterpiece about class, family, rocks, and basements has been analyzed a million times. But we guarantee no one has ever talked about it like us! Highlights Include: A calming meditation on Parasite winning Best Picture, Joe Biden's penis, stealing Christmas, forbidden fruit, Parasite: Milk Carton, and much more!

To support the Twin Cities Mutual Aid Project, visit TCMAP.org --- WE'RE BACK! It's been four months since our last episode, and all that's happened in the meantime is that our city's police committed a murder, the president's a fascist, and the world is on fire. Perfect time to talk about 2006's Inside Man! A movie that's really not about any of that stuff, but like...kind of is? Whatever, this summer was a mess, and we need to unwind with some movie goofs. Join us? Highlights Include: Jurassic Park x The Land Before Time, Willem Dafoe is a red herring, Pizza Cop, Doxxing Day, and much more!

As the late great Orson Welles once said, "Ahaaaah, the French!" This episode is all about the 2019 French romantic period drama Portrait of a Lady On Fire, a movie that has everything: Proper social distancing, forbidden romance, an art class, armpit drugs, and an old-fashioned abortion. We love it! (For real, we love this movie)  Highlights include: Butt Sneetches, Synecdoche New Horse, stay closed, Lord L Hot J, Fortnite of a Lady On Fire, precedent from Twilight, Portrait of a Shitty-Haired Baby, Vivaldi slaps, and much more!

The title of this film is definitely not something people should be doing right now. But, in lieu of that, you can enjoy us talking about it! And, uh, simulating it...just a little...we're so sorry.  Highlights include: The most uncomfortable we've ever felt while recording an intro, Lovenomics, a sexual stingray, gettin' that red nose rubbed, Jason Sudekis is Robert Downey Jr, tradin' tips, JanitorsOnly.com, and much more!

We're back, and we're bustin' outta quarantine! Well, not really. We're still social distancing. In fact, this is the first episode we recorded remotely! As such, there are some technical hiccups, the most obvious being that the episode basically got cut in half. But what's left is half of a solid episode of Contextual Deviants, all about 2020's most unfortunately-timed Pixar film, Onward!  Highlights Include: 1-2-3-Topanga, pears are cool, Christian tries to force a context, Don Bluth, scary pants, equality through violence, Release The Minotaur Butthole Cut, and much more!  Be safe and strong everyone! We can get through this together!

This podcast is not family-friendly, but we're adult-friend-family friendly, especially on this episode about Fast Five! Join hosts Christian Hagen, David Gutsche, and Matthew Bahn on a furious ride through the mean streets of the internet, and hear us talk about this movie like no one has ever talked about it before!  Highlights Include: Rio Heist, always be not spilling chili, Pawl Patrol, Eisenbird: He is the one who squawks, You're A Thicc  One, Mr Deez, Gandalf (with child), Dinzel Vinrockie, and much more!

What's up, Danger? Oh, sorry, I thought you were my friend Danger. My mistake. But do you want to listen to this episode of Contextual Deviants about the Academy Award-winning animated superhero film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? Because it's pretty great, IMO.  Highlights Include: Helpless candy monster, Spider-Church, future villain Octavia Spencer, RanDMX Newman, Power, Responsibility, and much more!

CONTENT WARNING - This film, and by extension this episode, contains themes which may be distressing to some viewers, including suicide, emotional abuse, and murder. For those who want to listen to the episode without watching the film, we provide a brief synopsis early on so you can follow along. We stan a legend in her time named Florence Pugh, and especially her breakout performance in the 2019 indie horror instant classic, Midsommar! Join us on a lighthearted romp through this heavyhearted drama. Just don't drink the tea... Highlights include: Watto selfie, All Friends Are Cops, David's a class traitor, blondled up, Gallagher's age, Big Maypole, a quick fight to the death, kill triangles, feminism, and much more!

It's honestly baffling that we're coming up on our 50th episode. Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday we were talking about the first miniseries we ever covered (Russian Doll), or the first movie we ever talked about that was still in theaters (Booksmart), or when we figured out that Eighth Grade and Mary Poppins Returns are basically both Die Hard, or when David was trying to cram Wendy's into every episode's intro bit. Remember that stuff?   Well, all of that and a lot more are collected here in this sampler platter of some of the best clips from episodes 31-40! We're so excited to keep this train rolling. It feels like we get a little better every time we record. Someday, we might even be good at it!   If you enjoy the show, please do us a favor: Write a review, or share an ep somewhere, or tell a friend to give us a try. It means the world to us!

2019 was a big year for movies, and a big year for Contextual Deviants, so we wanted to ring in 2020 with a look back at some of the only good things to come out of 2019: The films! Join us on a randomized adventure full of superlatives, gushing about movies we loved, complimenting movies we didn't, and finding every possible opportunity to shout out Florence Pugh. And we recorded this before the Oscar nominations were announced, and we share some Oscar wishes, so come laugh at our failure to predict what the Academy would do! Contextual Deviants Presents: The Texties! Happy Pugh Year, everyone!  Especially you, Florence Pugh.  Especially...you.............Florence Pugh.

Happy Holidays, everybody! To ring in this festive time of year, Contextual Deviants is talking about the 1946 Frank Capra classic, It's A Wonderful Life. We had some spiked hot cocoa for this one, so forgive us our stumbles. It's a party!    Highlights Include: The sweatiest crack, the first cult classic, the worst possible mix-up of two directors, Weekend At Potter's, doing a Christmas Carol, Bridge Guy, fever dreams, and much more!    Thank you all so much for listening. We'll see you in 2020!

Reach for the sky! It's a brand new episode of Contextual Deviants...and it's...robbing you? I didn't think about this. Yes, this week we're covering the 1995 classic that launched 3D animation and Pixar Studios into the forefront of the industry, Toy Story.    Highlights Include: Randy needs someone to watch his sheep tonight, two tuck-sedos, Buddy Drivers, Pixar drinking and dogs, dirty crimes, the ICU, horrific chunk, nevermind, and much more!    Christian's Best of 2019 and Best of the 2010s playlists are live on Spotify! Search under his username, audiosuede

Get your kicks on a chicky run with Contextual Deviants! After all, you've gotta do something, right? This week, we're digging back to an old-school James Dean teen drama, 1955's Rebel Without A Cause. It's...weirder than we expected. Highlights Include: Einstein's BDE equation, Frumpster Wars, Suit and 'Pron, K-D ratios, what the monkey christmas?, always checky before you chicky, and much more!

Take a journey into the Unknown as Contextual Deviants looks at the animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall! The perfect autumnal treat for the whole family (the show, not this episode, which, you know, does have an Explicit tag). Highlights include: Hercule Poirot, That Darn Game, master barrister, Team Greg, cosplay law, The Wirt Angle, FABA, burglin' turts, and much more!