Jessica Bendinger Interview

• What got cut from the movie.
• Scary NYC punk shows in the 1980's and of course legendary punk band, Bad Brains who get a nod in the movie.
• The continued relevance of Stick It.
• Pitching movies about women to a Hollywood system constipated by gender and structural bias.
• Why she started her Mob Queens podcast
• Alternative to the Bechdel Test
• Training at Muriel Grossfeld's gym with Marcia Fredrick and Don Peters
• Needing more diversity in Stick It.
• Our mutual love for Oana Ban and Mattie Larson as both a gymnast and bad ass hero.
• Gymnastics, PTSD and nervous breakdowns.
• Jessica pitches Stick It 2, genderless mafia gymnastics revolution or Stick It 2, the horror version: Escape from the Ranch.
• Listen to our full episode about the movie 422: Stick It (Commissioned)

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