Yellowjackets, The Great, and that Jeremy Strong profile - a podcast by Criticism Is Dead

We discuss Yellowjackets and The Great, two shows about female savagery as a matter of survival, whether that's in the Canadian wilderness or the 18th-century Russian court.

02:43 Yellowjackets, airing on Showtime, is compelling in its depiction of the violence and trauma that a high school girls' soccer team inflict on each other.

20:08 The Great, in its second season on Hulu, is an ahistorical romp that relishes in wicked absurdity as well as some genuinely tender moments.

31:38 Plus, culture notes about New Yorker writer Michael Schulman's profile of Jeremy Strong — and all the weird reactions it has sparked in both readers and celebrities.

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