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With the beloved Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall currently in the midst of a comeback, we took a look at their sole feature-film spin-off. KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY (1996) is a satire of big-business and '90s wellness culture that, seen today, shows how wellness culture has evolved. PLUS: Jimmy Savile, Joe Biden, and the new elite style of tweeness.

"The ugly truth about the triumph of twee" by James Marriott - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ugly-truth-about-the-triumph-of-twee-s37bl2h55

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Matthew Hein

Twee is a floating negative signifier, and like “hipster,” there’s a little crypto-homophobia there. Do you mean that Twee is a simulacrum of Riot Grrls, or that beret-wearing feminists are corporate shills?

Joey Alvarez

Johnny Rotten speaks about Jimmy Saville on BBC radio in 1978. Banned until 2013 - the height of The Reckoning https://youtu.be/esKnWAIgpLY