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Mar 2022
30m 43s

Slapped Jester

Peach Fish Productions
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The Academy Awards presents a show, post-slap, that is indistinguishable from pre. We're expected to interpret what happened as a part of Smith's hero's journey. Plus Professor Aditi Paul researched if college students actually like hooking up, and if the women liked it as much as the men. Spoiler: They Didn't but just by a little.


Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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