Ep 203: Mo Don’t Sport, Ode Don’t Horror

Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit) open Episode 203 of Black and Snerdy with a weekend recap featuring Blerd by Nature, then break down Megan Thee Stallion’s debut at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Mo crowns her “Megan the Pegasus” for wearing the brand’s signature wings, while Ode points to Meg’s resurfaced 2011 tweet about one day walking that runway.

Ode also praises the dancers and the thicker bodies on a stage long criticized for its lack of body diversity, recalling how Tyra Banks was once called fat over five pounds. The segment wraps with Meg’s upcoming album and her beef with GloRilla.

The heart of the episode is a Watch Out Now double feature of two horror hits from YouTube creators. They review A24’s Backrooms from Kane Parsons, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, covering its 4chan roots, 30,000 square feet of practical sets and $81 million opening, and comparing its found footage to The Blair Witch Project and The Shining.

Then they take on Curry Barker’s Obsession, the first original film of the 2020s to pass $500 million, digging into the nice-guy deconstruction, the One Wish Willow, Jordan Peele’s influence and Inde Navarrette’s performance. The episode closes with Ode on the Haitian Revolution and the protests in France, and a happy recap of a visit to Kodansha House.

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