A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. OPRAH WINFREY: (As Sofia) All my life, I had to fight. SHARON STONE: (As Catherine Tramell) I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way I described it in my book. WAYNE KNIGHT: (As John Correli) Did you kill Mr. Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter's to be married and you ask me to do murder. MARLON BRANDO: (As Don Vito Corleone) You don't even think to call me Godfather. The series focuses on three films - "The Godfather," "Basic Instinct" and "The Color Purple." And for the past year, Aisha has been in the archives, working on a special documentary series about the long history of these kinds of debates pre-social media. She's the co-host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. Anyway, this has become a recurring theme in pop culture, and so it stands to reason that's something our next guest has been thinking about. Or maybe there's a debate or argument that you've tapped into over whether something or another constitutes misrepresentation. If you're interested in pop culture, here's a word you probably hear these days - representation, as in representation matters.
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