This week, See Also is feeling flung out of space. For a very special holiday Poodle, Kate is joined by Chelsea Fairless, co-host of Every Outfit on SATC, for a virtual glove-lunch. Together, they play 1950s and devolve into "dyke debauchery" while discussing our fave and yours: Carol. They cover the martinis and creamed spinach, Our Cate's voice and her period-inappropriate manicure. Also: Alsos!

Based on crime novelist Patricia Highsmith’s "The Price of Salt", Carol (2015) is a contemporary – and somewhat unlikely – Christmas classic from director Todd Haynes and screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, who deftly nails the spirit of the original text. That spirit is the tingling, electric air between Carol (Cate Blanchett), a married woman with a small child, and Therese (Rooney Mara) a young amateur photographer moonlighting as a department store Christmas casual. Their paths cross one morning in the toy department, a glance makes way for some light shopping chit-chat, and the seed is sewn, a glove left on the counter, and there it is – an opportunity for a second meeting, and a cross-country road trip, against all odds (which include Carol’s estranged husband Herge, a gun and a looming custody battle).

See Also:

• The original short story Carol/The Price of Salt is based on
• Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy discussing the way the film finally came together
• Kate McKinnon's Carol parody for the Film Independent Spirit Awards
• King Princess song 1950, inspired by Carol
• Forbidden Love: The Passions behind Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt"
• "Carol" Up Close

Watch Also:

• Tár
• Loving Highsmith (with caveats discussed in the episode)
• Nelly & Nadine
• Word is Out: These are the Stories of Some of our Lives
• The Children's Hour
• The Killing of Sister George
• Desert Hearts
• High Art
• The L Word & The L Word: Generation Q (LOL)

Also Alsos:

Chels recommends: Byredo lipstick in Subtropical, Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

Jinxy recommends: her Zodiac Club extended playlist on Spotify, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jamie Atherton Lin, Je Tu Il Elle

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