Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Everything Everywhere All At Once is a genre bending multiverse movie but it's also one of the most challenging and subversive representations of masculinity I’ve ever seen in any genre.

**It's best to watch the movie first and then come back and watch this :)
***Please note: this movie contains some strobe effects

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REFERENCES
• Ke Huy Quan returns in front of the camera
wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/04/08/ke-huy-quan-acting
• Asian Men Needed a Movie Like Everything Everywhere All at Once
slate.com/culture/2022/04/everything-everywhere-all-once-waymond-ke-huy-quan.html
• The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything

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CREDITS
Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh
Outro music: Rick Lopez