Mixtape Is a Musical Magic Trick
5/15/202659 min
Mixtape arrived alongside a flood of euphoric reviews and a variety of discourses across various social media platforms and gaming groups. With a tiny bit of distance, we talk through what does and doesn’t work about this riff on the modern musical with the help of Friends Per Second co-host Lucy James!
Heads up: After the main conversation, mailbag, and honorable mentions, we’ve included a full spoiler convo on the game. We hope you enjoy it!
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First 90 secondsRuss Frushtick· Host0:00
Uh, I'm glad you're all here. This is a very important moment. Lucy especially, I'm glad that you're here because I've, uh, come up with a business proposition that I think you're all gonna be very interested in.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:09
Mm-hmm.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:09
You know when you're waking up in the morning and you feel like you want fruit, and you don't want normal fruit like a blueberry or even a raspberry. You want something quasi tropical- Yeah ... maybe a little bit tangy that's got- Okay ... seeds in it, the humble kiwi.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:27
That, that feeling.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:29
You know that feeling.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:30
Yeah. So- Your p- your business proposition is the kiwi?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:34
Griffin, pe- people have already invented the kiwi, so the idea that I would bring the kiwi seems like a pretty simplistic idea. You guys are getting on the ground floor of something that I don't think anyone has come up with.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:46
Jeff Kiwi?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:47
[laughs] That's pretty good.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:50
Pretty good. [laughs] Is it that?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:51
It's not Jeff Kiwi.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:53
Okay. It's better than that?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:55
A peelable kiwi.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:57
A peelable kiwi. What? It's just nice to look at?
Russ Frushtick· Host1:01
No, no, no.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:02
Oh.
Russ Frushtick· Host1:03
Uh, [laughs] Jesus Christ. Like an orange.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:06
[laughs] Yeah.
Russ Frushtick· Host1:08
Like an orange.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:10
More of a rind than a skin- Yes ... situation.
Russ Frushtick· Host1:13
So, so- Okay ... so all, you don't need a knife. You don't need a peeler. You're just peeling it off, and kiwi is inside. So instead of being stuck with an orange, you've got kiwi, which is a- It's great ... right?
Griffin McElroy· Host1:23
It's g- it's great. I'll invest. I'll tell you why. I don't like touching the hair. I like eating a kiwi. I don't like to touch the hair.
Russ Frushtick· Host1:28
Right.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:28
It looks like a gonad,