• Before There Was ‘Woke,’ There Was PCU

  • Dec 10 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
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Before There Was ‘Woke,’ There Was PCU

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  • In 1994, a little movie called PCU opened in theaters to little fanfare. But three decades on, the cult classic feels like an on-the-nose satire of the kinds of identity politics, liberal extremism, and right-wing intolerance that fuel many of today’s hottest disputes in higher education. In conversation with The Chronicle’s Jack Stripling, Zak Penn, a co-writer of PCU, talks about how the film looks in 2024. Later, Chronicle staff share their impressions of the film. Related Reading: A Decade of Ideological Transformation Comes Undone: What the congressional antisemitism hearing really means. What Does ‘Woke’ Mean Anyway? The Oral History of PCU, the Culture Wars Cult Classic Guest: Zak Penn, a co-writer of PCU For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters. We aim to make transcripts available within a day of an episode’s publication.
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