Podcast:Pop Culture Happy Hour Published On: Tue Dec 13 2022 Description: In the new Darren Aronofsky film The Whale, Brendan Fraser plays Charlie, a housebound 600-pound gay writing teacher whose health is failing. His hopes to spend his last days reconnecting with his estranged daughter (Sadie Sink) are complicated by her lingering resentment of him and his own feelings of guilt, shame and self-loathing.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy