pop culture weekend

My pop culture week, your pop culture weekend - July 28 edition

This week includes thoughts on Wayne's World, Into the Woods, A Fever in the Heartland, Barbie, and Oppenheimer.

Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus play the Baker's Wife and the Baker in the touring production of Into the Woods.

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

"What if this is the best there is?"

This week: The Death of Robin Hood, The Furious, and two different takes on Anne Rice's Immortal Universe.

Or: Why Olivia Rodrigo was voted most likely pop star to write a musical in her 40s.

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