The Contrarians112 - Edward Scissorhands

Behold the most underwhelming love story of The 90s: a girl with a penchant for bad boyfriends is suddenly attracted to a man-child with giant scissors for hands. Just another day in Tim Burton’s head! Listen to Alex and Julio try to figure out what EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is trying to say about love, community, Karens, bullies, outcasts… and the worst fairy tale you could share with a kid!

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TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:01:27 Intro

00:01:28 - 00:16:07 Opening and Clips

00:16:08 - 01:20:02 Contrarians Corner

01:20:03 - 01:21:03 Because You Asked Me To

01:21:04 - 02:05:05 Real Talk

02:05:06 - 02:07:10 Perennial Plugs

02:07:11 - 02:15:13 Today’s Plugs

- Alex’s recommends UGLY DELICIOUS, a series of food-related documentaries.

- Julio recommends the ONLINE WARRIORS PODCAST for your gaming and overall entertainment news! Also, give drive-ins a shot!

- THE FESTIVE YEARS have been letting us use their music for years now and they are amazing. You can check out their work on Spotify, on Facebook or on their very own website.

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI and Peruvian economics on his other podcast, MARGINAL. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next, The Summer of Winona continues with an artsy clash of titans, as Winona Ryder, Joan Allen and Daniel Day Lewis collide in THE CRUCIBLE! In the meantime, let us know how you liked EDWARD SCISSORHANDS! Did you buy into the fast-tracked love story? Were you mad Diane Weist basically disappeared? Should Winona show more remorse at the end? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!