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Talking tennis, Tashi Duncan, and 'Challengers' with Mall Goth’s Rose Dommu.

That juicy sweatshirt, in Jesus’ name! Photo: Screenshot.

There are sports movies and then there is Challengers, two hours of tennis and rivalries and wild desire. As teenage tennis prodigies, Tashi (Zendaya¹), Patrick (Josh O’Connor), and Art (Mike Faist) explore each other’s bodies. As adults, they tread upon one another’s nerves. Things careen out of control at a shabby New Rochelle tennis tournament where the gentlemen compete on the court and Tashi choreographs their emotions from the sidelines. It’s my favorite movie since Passages, another movie about being hot and ignoring consequences. Luca Guadagningo — you’ve done it again! 

Why should your husband keep you for your boyfriend? Does Challengers fortify Zendaya’s status as a movie star? Men should be pushing their beds together before they lay their heads to rest!

Rose Dommu

², writer of the newsletter

Mall Goth

and I met in a Google Doc to discuss everything Challengers-related.

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