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Honey Don't with Mattie Lubchansky

December 7, 2025·2 hr 36 min·5 clips
Griffin and David clash over whether 'Honey Don't' is really about vaginas or just boobs in a hilarious opening debate.
Hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims, with guest Mattie Lubchansky, critically analyze Ethan Coen's film 'Honey Don't', discussing its tonal inconsistencies, weak ending, and how it compares to the Coen brothers' better works. They also touch on performances by Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans, and share personal anecdotes about film and travel.

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A joke-heavy Coens coda that keeps circling the film's real subject.

The episode treats Honey Don't as a final Coens-series stop, and the talk moves with a comic looseness that never fully loses its target. Mattie Lubchansky keeps the pace sharp as the hosts move from anatomy jokes into a reading shaped by power over women, detective work, and…

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Press play if you want the Coen-series sendoff to start as a boobies-versus-vaginas bit and settle into a real reading of what the movie is about.

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