DARREN:Well, look.Gwyneth Paltrowhas built a successful company peddling open-minded connectivity alongside expensive anti-factual nonsense.
At times, the material edges brazenly toward self-satire.
That said: Theres the occasional burst of worthwhile purpose in this guileless, sunbaked infomercial.
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Im fascinated to know what you thought of that episode, Kristen.
DidThe Goop Labbeam positive energy in your direction?
Im a white, liberal WASP from New England and this was even too bougie forme.
This oughtta do it.
Before his treatment, he says, every second of every day my brain told me to kill myself.
Now, using MDMA therapeutically has allowed me to live my life rather than merely exist.
Its hard not to be moved by something like that.
Netflix absolutely should give Betty Dodson her own series.
Call itThe Vulva Whisperer!
The other compelling figure onGoop Labis Elise Loehnen, the companys practical and tightly-wound Chief Content Officer.
Whats your take on Team Goop, Darren?
And did any of the episodes make you emotional (or was that just me)?
DARREN:Loehnen is definitely the meme waiting to happen.
Everyone here, on some level, is a successful person.
And yet, they are all carrying tremendous pain and loss.
What could possibly be wrong with you?
Youre beautiful, youre wealthy, youre famous.
Like, shut up.
And to answer your question, I did get emotional during the Vulva episode.
Dodson just wants women to feel comfortable with themselves.
That episode explicitly wants to push the conversation about female pleasure forward.
One big problem with most ofGoop Lab, though: Its boring.
The camera cuts to someone sensitively nodding often enough to suggest anEric Andre-ish running joke.
Those case studies you mention felt to me like pharmaceutical commercials: Valacyclovir worked for me!
The soundtrack is reality junk.
And sometimes the products are dumb.
One episode advertises a Paltrow-approved psychic.
The medium bats away all scientific criticisms, declaring: Ultimately, we have to honor our own truth.
Kristen, I consider myself an open-minded person.
I know there are energies swirling around us we will never really understand.
Dedicating an dreamy half-hour to that sorrowbait pseudo-science is morally disgusting.
Am I being too harsh on a show designed only to Entertain and Inform, Kristen?
Does it matter thatThe Goop Labbarely does either?
All six episodes were remarkably devoid of product placement.
), the pristine and stylish couches scattered carefully throughout.
