The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast: Episode 44: Mad Max: Fury Road with Dr. Maricio Quilpatay

Episode 44: Mad Max: Fury Road with Dr. Maricio Quilpatay

Jul 21, 2024

On this Month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Maricio Quilpatay, Teaching and Curriculum Officer in the School of Languages and Culture at the University of Syndey and I are driving down the Fury Road to discuss George Miller's 2015 chaotic, chrome encrusted, cinematic cacophony Mad Max: Fury Road. Our conversation covers the topics of political allegories, masculinity, capitalistic validation and linguistic legitimacy. "WITNESS" this fantastic episode!

Production Notes:

Intro: 0:00-2:25

Basics of Dr. Quilpatay 2:43-8:56

Sociological Background
Work on Chilean Government
History of the Chilean Constitution
Taught Sociology of Popular Cinema

Media Knowledge and Decision Making 8:57-21:19

Types of Knowledge
Value of Popular Media on Decision Making
Defining Reality through a Cinematic Narrative

Dr. Quilpatay's relationship with pop Culture and Mad Max 21:20-32:13

Horror at a Young Age
Learning English through Video Games
Popular vs. Pretension

Basics of Mad Max: Fury Road 32:25-50:35

Production
Trivia
Dr. Quilpatay's first Fury Road experience

Historical Context 50:50-78:31

Production Through Obama's second Term
GamerGate
Problematic Questioning of Reality
MCUEIC
Film's reproduction of Capital
Current political Allegory
Disconnected: From Criticism to "Cool"

Social Analysis 78:46-109:05

Masculinity and Fury Road
Dsigns of Capital production and its reproduction
Max as an Opressor
The religious relationship with Capital
Criticism of Men's Rights activism
Environmentalism- Suatainable Practices and privatization of Water
Rich does not equal Intelligence

Color Grading and Explosions aside 109:25-116:00

Outtro 116:07-121:25

Furisosa Hopes
A message about Academia
Plugs and Links
Stalker Bonus

Links