NPR and WaPo on Super Mario Bros.

'The Super Mario Bros. Movie': It's-a meh!

Stephen Thompson, Ronald Young Jr., Amil Niazi, and Daisy Rosario

Pop Culture Happy Hour April 7, 2023 

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167459038/the-super-mario-bros-movie-its-a-meh  and https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/04/20230407_pchh_84396ea1-1af4-4a79-b53b-3e9ab631ae68.mp3 and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1167459038

Princess Peach powers up from distressed damsel to wartime general [in print as Princess Peach has powered up from damsel in distress to wartime general]

The new Mario movie features an empowered Peach, but that's been mostly true of the series since 1988

Gene Park

Washington Post April 7, 2023 : C1-2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/04/07/super-mario-bros-princess-peach/