'Thrills, spills, laughs and games' 👏🏻😂👌🏻 is what our Culture Queens  have on this week's ep, discussing that most tantilising & delicious of comedies, Billy Wilder's 'Some Like It Hot'.  🙍🏻‍♂️☠️💁🏻‍♀️💋From the magnificent garments of Orry Kelly 👗 to the hilarious helpings of Jack Lemmon 😂 the Culture Queens immerse themselves in this laugh-in-your-socks-till-you-cry classic, 😂coming to sweet sue conclusion - nobody's perfect! Except for us, obviously.  💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

CORRECTION: Barbie Adler was the writer of Arrested Development  NOT Dirty Dancing - Eleanor Bergstein wrote Dirty Dancing. But both are very funny women.

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Intro Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com
Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com  
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All clips taken from, 'Some Like It Hot' dir. Billy Wilder, 1959,  United Artists. 

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In this very special bonus episode, the culture queens discuss all things Academy Awards  🏆😭👏🏻 . But not just any Oscars, the really really BAD Oscars. And boy do they have fun. 😤😂😒

From Titanic  🚢 to Rex Harrision 👴🏻, the culture queens go right through the history of the Academy Awards, and answer that time old conundrum - Why on Earth did Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar? 👎🏻

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Intro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada - https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Outro Music: 'Jingle' by TIm Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com
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From Oscar Baiting 🏆 and Tension Signposting 🎻 to ‘The Emerald Effect’ 💎 ; the Culture Queens dissect (Erin’s Arch-Nemesis) Emerald Fennel’s 2020 rape-revenge revisionist tale ‘Promising Young Woman’. And they’re not afraid to tell the Emperor he’s not wearing any clothes… 👚🤭

☠️ CONTAINS SPOILERS ☠️

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of Death, Suicide & Sexual Assault and may be triggering to some listeners.

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Intro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada - https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Outro Music: 'Jingle' by TIm Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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All clips taken from, 'Promising Young Woman' dir. Emerald Fennel, 2020, Focus Features.

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From  the virtue of a well placed corset 👗and the relief of the female gaze 👁 to one too many chopped off fingers  👉🏻 ; the Culture Queens discuss Jane Campion's 1993 Feminist Classic 'The Piano'. But one questions sends a deep divide between our dear hosts  - Did we need to see Harvey Keitel's bum? 🍑Will they ever survive this disagreement? Tune in to see!

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Intro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada - https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Outro Music: 'Jingle' by TIm Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com 
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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All clips taken from, 'The Piano' dir. Jane Campion, 1993, Miramax Films. 

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From sassy nuns kicking some nazi butt 💪🏻to the faux pas of singing ‘Edelweiss’ to some Austrians at the white house 🤦🏻‍♂️the culture queens dissect that most heart-warming of musicals, Roger & Hammerstein’s ‘The Sound of Music’ 🎶🏔❤️ All the while pondering that age old question 🤔- When exactly is Captain Von Trapp at his hottest? 🔥🔥🔥

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Outro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Clips taken from 'The Sound of Music’ dir. Robert Wise, 1965, 20th century Fox. & ‘Madeline’  DIC Entertainment, L.P.  1993

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From the downright dangerous razor-sharp cheekbones of Guy Pearce 😘😘😘 to the creaseless emptiness of underwritten female characters, 💁🏼😏the culture queens sink their teeth into Curtis Hanson's neo-noir L.A. Confidential - and ask that most important of questions : Was Ed Exley the original hipster? 🤔🤔🤔

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Disclaimer:  There were a few unforeseen technical issues with the recording of this episode.  This is mainly because technology hates Erin with a fiery passion, and loves nothing more than to make her look like a silly sausage.  Please bear with us through the occasional POP and hand  wringing that you may hear during the episode. We're very sorry, and rest assured Erin has been sweet talking technology to ensure this won't happen again. 😊 

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Outro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Clips taken from 'L.A. Confidential' dir. Curtis Hansen, Warner Bros, 1997. 

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From lacklustre production design to which French dish is funnier than molluscs, the culture queens dissect Ben Wheatley's Netflix adaption of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance, 'Rebecca'. 💀💔

Tangents include: why Hitchcock did it better in 1940 📽️, the art of book adaptions, Orson Welles, Armie Hammer's questionable predilections 🍖 and rhododendrons 🌸.


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Outro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Clips taken from 'Rebecca'  dir. Ben Wheatley, Netflix, 2020 and 'Rebecca' dir. Alfred Hitchcock, United Artists, 1940

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From Hugh Grant's bumbling deliciousness to the creepiness of a 'self-preservation thing', the culture queens dive deep with all their love/hate into Richard Curtis' xmas classic 'Love Actually' ❤️🎄🕺Tangents include: cosmetic dentistry, 🦷 lack of male bums onscreen 🍑 &  the allure of an Irish accent. 🍀

Correction: During the episode we state that  Chiwetel Ejiofor was 37 at the time of filming Love Actually - he was actually only 26. We would like to apologise to Chiwetel Ejiofor sincerely, you are a special youthful snowflake and we should never have besmirched your sweet baby face. 😘

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Outro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Clips Taken From: 'Love Actually' dir. Richard Curtis, Universal Pictures, 2003. 

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From Ewan Mcgregor’s dimples 😘 to bad knee acting 🦵, the Culture Queens thoroughly examine Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic masterpiece Moulin Rouge.!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 whilst straying into tangents along the way.

Tangents include: Charles Dickens' used tissues 🤧 , The Sound of Music castings, Chips Rafferty - hot or not? 💔, a brief Sean Connery Impersonation ,  justice for voice artist Marni Nixon 😿.


Credits: 
Outro Music: La Pompe du Trompe  by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Audio clips from Baz Luhrmann's 'Moulin Rouge!', 2001.

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