Convince Me I Care
A podcast that explores the absurdities of the modern world through a series of generation-gap rhetorical dares. Ever wonder why, exactly, the Kids are up to that thing these days? Or what the hell the Olds were thinking when they created the world they’ve left us all to inherit? Convince Me I Care aims to explain the inexplicable by forcing our arbitrary representatives of each generation to account for themselves and their contemporaries. In each episode, we’ll dive into some strange facet of generational culture and try to convince each other that it does, in fact, matter. Join us as we attempt to parse the fads, foibles, fears, and fandoms of the recent past.
Convince Me I Care
The Final Girl, Part 2
The Boomers might have created her but boy, howdy, what has happened to her since! In Part 2 of our conversation on The Final Girl trope in slasher movies, we interrogate many of the ways more recent filmmakers have taken the fundamental trope and transformed, expanded and extrapolated it in wildly entertaining ways.
If you haven't watched Jennifer's Body, The Final Girls, Ready or Not, or The Menu -- or if you haven't watched all of them -- you're missing out on imaginative takes on The Final Girl. Find out why as our conversation continues. And if you haven't done so yet, listen to Part 1 because we love it when our download numbers grow!
Grace Todd and David Timberline are your tour guides through this ongoing investigation of cultural artifacts from our collective recent past with a unique intergenerational spin. We're convinced you'll have a great time listening to Convince Me I Care.
