Avalon: Deep Thoughts About Family, Money Psychology, and Waiting to Cut the Turkey

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

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"Where are the people who know where the people are?"

On today's episode, Tracie introduces Emily to the 1990 Barry Levinson film Avalon, the director's love letter to Baltimore and his own Jewish immigrant family. The movie follows the Krichinskys from 1914 through to the 1960s as the large, tight-knit, extended family moves, changes, assimilates, and fractures.

As a lifelong Baltimorean and the great-great-granddaughter of a Jewish immigrant from Europe, Tracie feels seen by Levinson's story, and she recognizes the ways in which American culture, money, and changing technology have altered family dynamics and expectations in her own family history just like they do for the Krichinskys. Though Emily has never seen Avalon--which mystifies Tracie--she helps tease out some of the meaning behind the money psychology's role in difficult family dynamics in the film.

Take a listen, but don't cut the turkey without Gabriel!

Mentioned in this episode:

Money Scripts
https://www.yourmentalwealthadvisors.com/our-process/your-money-script/

The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691136318/the-price-of-whiteness?srsltid=AfmBOopiKo92X3Sx99xGBbAYpuZP-MZ2Fr5rRBqipGdja19_bRORET-q

Ambivalent Embrace: Jewish Upward Mobility in Postwar America https://uncpress.org/book/9781469635439/ambivalent-embrace/

This episode was edited by Resonate Recordings.

Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

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We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.

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1. Introduction to Avalon (00:00:00)

2. The Khrushchinsky Family Dynamic (00:06:25)

3. Suburbanization and Cultural Shifts (00:14:31)

4. Television's Impact on Family Life (00:20:43)

5. Gender Roles and Representation (00:28:24)

6. Money Scripts and Family Values (00:35:42)

7. Wrap-Up and Next Episode Preview (00:44:28)