Summary:   “Are you allergic to the 20th century?” This week we are talking about Julianne Moore's very unsettling 1995 psychological drama Safe. Also discussed: Karen Carpenter, Mariel Buckley, and Becoming Duchess Goldblatt.    Show notes: Safe: Nowhere to Hide (Criterion)   Todd Haynes’s Masterpiece “Safe” Is Now a Tale of Two Plagues (New Yorker)   Allergic to life: the Arizona residents 'sensitive to the whole world' (Guardian)  

Recommendations:

Andrea W.:  Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson (book); Mariel Buckley (music)   Andrea G.: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (short film)    Lisa: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir (book)  

Music credits:

"Eighties Action" by Kevin MacLeod From: filmmusic.io License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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