73 - They Really Got that Kid to Do the Racism (S5E13 Hate) - a podcast by Munch My Benson

When an episode of Law & Order: SVU contains such shockingly racist characters that Adam and Josh have to ask themselves what audio they can actually pull for an episode of this podcast that revels in wild inappropriateness, you know you’re dealing with some next-level racism. “Hate” (S5E13) has so much wrong with it that even the Munchie Boys were uncomfortable. While reckoning with the racism in every nook and cranny of this episode, the topics of fuel oil, man’s odd relationship with fire, the virtues of accurately mining stereotypes to avoid hiccups, reclusive authors' semi-famous sons, and how Captain America’s racist son reframes his legacy. If ever an episode needed a trigger warning, this one does for the discussion of anti-Muslim racism and a clip pulled from the show for begrudging reference which neither Adam nor Josh felt particularly good about pulling.

Music:

Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”

11:15 - The Cure - “Killing an Arab” from Killing an Arab b/w 10:15 Saturday Night (1979)

25:42 - Wax - “California” from 13 Unlucky Numbers (1995)

35:11 - Pablo Beltrán Ruiz y Su Orquestra - “La Muchacha de Ipanema” from Los Ritmos de Hispanoamérica / Así Baila el Continente (1966)

1:05:33 - Richard Marx - “Hazard” from Rush Street (1992)

Next Week’s Episode: Season 9, Episode 13 “Unorthodox”

Munch My Benson Movie Club Selection (for Episode 76): Captain America (1990) — at present available on YouTube

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