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Could the secret sauce of good work be...respect for and investment in your employees? Weighing in on this bizarre take, Kurt has us watch one of the worst cases of employee neglect: 2018's Upgrade.

Mustaches will unfurl and monocles will pop as we discuss the business model that enabled Leigh Whannell's sci-fi beat-em-up to exist, along with other related topics: algorithmic screenplays, horror franchises, celebrity look-alikes, and the newest action cinematography sensation that's sweeping the nation!

Get your weekly recommended ultraviolence here, on I'm The Host!

Links for this Episode: Wikipedia - List of Blumhouse Productions projects Wikipedia - Jason Blum Wikipedia - Blumhouse Productions Wikipedia - Homecoming (TV Series) Wikipedia - Binders Full of Women Fast Company - Jason Blum isn't hiring White Dudes for his Amazon Movies. Comicbook.com - Jason Blum Booed at Israel Film Festival BlumHouse Partners with Amazon on 8 thrillers Consequence of Sound - Jason Blum’s Female directors comments Fastcompany.com - How Blumhouse is making a killing at the box office Giphy - WAKE UP FIGHTING GIF BY UPGRADE [good example of the arrested camerawork] Collider.com - “Cary Fukunaga, ‘Maniac,’ and How Netflix’s Algorithm Is Becoming Entertainment’s Skynet” Cheezburger.com - Michael Cera + Andy Samberg Totally Looks Like Jesse Eisenberg YouTube - Nick Clegg “We’re Sorry” overlaid w/South Park StudentEdge.com - “Here’s How They Filmed Those Crazy Fight Scenes in ‘Upgrade’" YouTube - Adam Neely - Whiplash (as reviewed by a jazz musician) Box Office Mojo - Blumhouse projects by the numbers

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Content provided by Allayne Duncan, Blake Vaughn, Kurt Duncan, Allayne Duncan, Blake Vaughn, and Kurt Duncan. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Allayne Duncan, Blake Vaughn, Kurt Duncan, Allayne Duncan, Blake Vaughn, and Kurt Duncan or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

Could the secret sauce of good work be...respect for and investment in your employees? Weighing in on this bizarre take, Kurt has us watch one of the worst cases of employee neglect: 2018's Upgrade.

Mustaches will unfurl and monocles will pop as we discuss the business model that enabled Leigh Whannell's sci-fi beat-em-up to exist, along with other related topics: algorithmic screenplays, horror franchises, celebrity look-alikes, and the newest action cinematography sensation that's sweeping the nation!

Get your weekly recommended ultraviolence here, on I'm The Host!

Links for this Episode: Wikipedia - List of Blumhouse Productions projects Wikipedia - Jason Blum Wikipedia - Blumhouse Productions Wikipedia - Homecoming (TV Series) Wikipedia - Binders Full of Women Fast Company - Jason Blum isn't hiring White Dudes for his Amazon Movies. Comicbook.com - Jason Blum Booed at Israel Film Festival BlumHouse Partners with Amazon on 8 thrillers Consequence of Sound - Jason Blum’s Female directors comments Fastcompany.com - How Blumhouse is making a killing at the box office Giphy - WAKE UP FIGHTING GIF BY UPGRADE [good example of the arrested camerawork] Collider.com - “Cary Fukunaga, ‘Maniac,’ and How Netflix’s Algorithm Is Becoming Entertainment’s Skynet” Cheezburger.com - Michael Cera + Andy Samberg Totally Looks Like Jesse Eisenberg YouTube - Nick Clegg “We’re Sorry” overlaid w/South Park StudentEdge.com - “Here’s How They Filmed Those Crazy Fight Scenes in ‘Upgrade’" YouTube - Adam Neely - Whiplash (as reviewed by a jazz musician) Box Office Mojo - Blumhouse projects by the numbers

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