Host Kathy Kenzora began her career as a journalist in Toronto. She worked as a reporter with Q107 and Global News 640 Toronto for five years in the 90s before leaving radio to pursue a career in communications and media relations, and now has a podcast called History of the 90's
On the first episode, Kathy discusses the tabloid media’s feeding frenzy re: the Long Island Lolita. This type of down and dirty pseudo-journalism was extremely common in the 90 - just think Lorena Bobbitt, Tanya Harding, Heidi Fleiss, Hugh Grant, George Michael and Peewee Herman. The Amy Fisher story was no exception. Kathy speaks to David Kamp, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair Magazine, who wrote about the phenomenon in 1999 and dubbed the 90s: ‘The Tabloid Decade.’
On the second episode, Kathy looks at how the Lion King animated film from 1994 and how the movie was the ultimate underdog...or undercat?
The episode discusses how the studio never really believed in the movie’s success but it still managed to overcome incredible adversity to evolve into the worldwide cultural phenomenon it is today. Kathy discusses criticism of the original and then highlights a few differences people will see in the new live action film.
The Daily Derringer Podcast -- Friday July 26th, 2019
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