This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about deplorable studio executives, vindictive screenwriters, Hollywood satire, and Robert Altman’s 1992 comeback film ‘The Player.’ Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by The Soft Boys, Built to Spill, Public Enemy, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, William Desmond Taylor, Mabel Normand, and the birth of the Hollywood scandal. Plus, dirty recs with Disgraceland’s Jake Brennan about scandalous movies and songs – and your voicemails, texts, and emails. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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A century ago, at the birth of movie superstardom, silent film star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was at the center of a scandal that rocked Hollywood to its core. He was accused of a murderous sex crime so depraved that it turned the nation not only against him but against Hollywood itself. It led to the trial of the century, and a test of whether America’s elite veil of privilege could be pierced by the long arm of justice. The tide of public opinion that followed was so strong that it made Hollywood change the way Hollywood did business – at least on the surface.

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This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about TV westerns, stuntmen turned handymen, the scourge of hippies invading the movie industry, and Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by Primal Scream, James Taylor, Buffalo Springfield, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Sharon Tate, Woodstock, Joan Didion, and the improbable becoming probable in the year 1969. Plus, dirty recs with Jake Brennan for movies and songs from or about 1969 – and your voicemails, texts, and emails. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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Sharon Tate’s entanglement with Charles Manson and her husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski, as well as her involvement in some of the long-rumored hedonistic events at her home on Cielo Drive put her at the center of a counter-narrative that explosively disrupts the supposed motive for the Manson family murders. Was Sharon Tate blissfully ignorant of the darkness that had been bubbling beneath Hollywood’s shiny veneer for years? Or is there more to this story than we’ve been told in the past?

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Sharon Tate was a sophisticated beauty who literally stopped traffic when she walked down the street. She began her movie career when America was becoming sexually liberated, and despite the ease with which she was made a sex symbol, she aspired to be respected as a serious actress. Decades later, however, she is perhaps best-remembered as one of the victims found brutally murdered at her Cielo Drive home, the one she shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Sharon and Roman welcomed regular guests to that home, including Sharon’s friend, Mama Cass Elliot, who was at the center of the Manson murders and whose actions may be why the motive for the murders that America has come to accept as fact is actually false.

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This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is breaking down Anna Kendrick’s 2024 directorial debut Woman of the Hour, which tells the story of serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing as an eligible bachelor on The Dating Game TV show, as seen through the eyes of the show’s “bachelorette,” Sheryl Bradshaw. Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by St. Vincent, Aimee Mann, the Kinks, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the Dating Game Killer in the US, the Bullseye Killer in the UK, and just how in the hell serial killers find themselves contestants on TV game shows in the first place. Plus, dirty recs with Jake Brennan for movies and songs about TV, and your voicemails, texts, and emails. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com.

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Rodney Alcala, AKA The Dating Game Killer, was a depraved murderer who eluded authorities for years. He hid his true identity behind charm and persuasion. He worked as a summer camp counselor while on the lam for the savage assault of an eight-year-old girl. He convinced his parole officer to let him take a vacation to the other side of the country, where he proceeded to commit another of his many murders. While New Yorkers were watching their backs for the Son of Sam in the summer of ’77, he killed again. And at the height of his killing spree, he managed to star in one of the creepiest moments in Hollywood history as a contestant on a popular television game show.

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