Art Should Be Illegal

Art Should Be Illegal

A comedy podcast that discusses art and whether it holds any value to society. The People's Board of Censors consists of three members: Liv (it/she), Chair and First Among Equals Elissa (she/they), Technical Auditor and Producer Annie (she/her), Last Among Equals

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August 1, 2025 54 mins

This week we journey into the twisted mind of Hideo Kojima and his 2019 package delivery sim Death Stranding


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This week we learn about how bad sci-fi can truly get by watching the disgraced 1973 Harlan Ellison brainchild The Starlost, starring Keir Dullea.


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July 18, 2025 55 mins

 We take a journey through the 1986 Disney 4-D Michael Jackson sci-fi short film Captain EO. 



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July 11, 2025 83 mins

This week we feast on the 2003 Danish dark comedy and Mads Mikkelsen vehicle The Green Butchers.


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This week we explore the history of clowns and determine once and for all whether or not they can be safely permitted to be shown in public.


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Liv was gone this week so we did a fake episode. THIS IS NOT A REAL EPISODE DO NOT LISTEN YOU WILL BE PERFORMING SELF HARM

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We tempt fate by reviewing an audio recording of Amiri Baraka and Sun Ra's 1966 stage play A Black Mass.

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June 13, 2025 72 mins

For this episode we foolishly decided to gaze too deeply into the abyss of Alice Maio Mackay's 2023 film T Blockers.


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June 6, 2025 103 mins

We discuss the artistic merits of George Romero's bonkers 1981 action-drama Knightriders.

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May 29, 2025 69 mins

THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION and for today's episode we watched Stuart Hazeldine's 2009 psychological thriller film, Exam.

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May 22, 2025 95 mins

We survive the 2019 queer trans teen vampire flick Bit, written and directed by Brad Michael Elmore.

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May 15, 2025 115 mins

We continue our post-apocalyptic theme with Delicatessen, the 1991 French dark comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. 

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May 8, 2025 36 mins

This week we switch gears and prove we know how to read by reviewing Charles Stross' dystopian sci-fi short story, Snowball's Chance. 

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May 1, 2025 113 mins

This week we confront the horrors and evaluate the artistic merits of David Leitch's 2017 action film Atomic Blonde.

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April 24, 2025 77 mins

We inaugurate our art podcast as everyone should, with Ed Wood's 1953 documentary/surrealist drama masterpiece, Glen or Glenda.

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