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On this week\u2019s show, the panel begins by dissecting Longlegs, director Osgood Perkin\u2019s viral horror movie starring Nicolas Cage that\u2019s sweeping the box office. Aided by a clever marketing campaign, Longlegs is undoubtedly the summer\u2019s \u201cyou gotta see it\u201d horror flick, but does the Silence of the Lambs copycat live up to the hype? Then, the three jump (or is it herkie?) into Greg Whiteley\u2019s latest docuseries, America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which follows the Texan squad from auditions through the grueling NFL season, revealing a quietly devastating portrait of worker exploitation and modern femininity along the way. Finally, the trio is joined by Slate critic Laura Miller to parse through an extreme controversy in the literary world: Last week, Alice Munro\u2019s daughter, Andrea Skinner, published an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star detailing the sexual abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of her stepfather \u2013 abuse that the Nobel Prize-winning author had known about, but chose to ignore. (Read Laura\u2019s essay for Slate; check out the Star\u2019s reported piece.)\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel rips into Longlegs and all of its glorious plot holes in a classic spoiler special.\xa0\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\xa0\nEndorsements:\nStephen: Dodie Smith\u2019s I Capture the Castle and this essay by Anna Leskiewicz for The New York Review: \u201cThe Small-Girl\u2019s Proust.\u201d\nDana: In honor of Shelley Duvall (who passed away last week), a two-part endorsement: (1) Austin Film Society\u2019s tribute to Duvall, which premiered at the 2020 Texas Film Awards. (2) Watching a Shelley Duvall movie that\u2019s new to you! (Dana suggests Brewster McCloud directed by Robert Altman.)\nJulia: A special Scandi-Candy report: (1) Norway\u2019s national candy, Kvikk Lunsj, which carries the reputation of a Snickers bar in that part of the world and sports the Fjellvettreglene (Norwegian for \u201cthe mountain code\u201d) on the wrapper\u2019s back. (2) Fredag Slik, or \u201cFriday sweets,\u201d a Danish tradition where families head to the candy store together at the end of the week.\nPodcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices