We near the end of Musical Month Deux with one of the regularly scheduled programming films that is a musical with a capital "M": Oliver!. Someone's Favorite Production's Dr. Will Dodson joins the episode for the first time to talk about Oliver Reed, white privilege, and epic musicals.

Based on the musical of the same name by Lionel Bart in turn based on Dickens' Oliver Twist, it follows the journey of Oliver Twist from a boy who asks for more to a boy who gets more and then some. It's a tale of white privilege, pulling the ladder up behind you, and always getting whaat you want.

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