The Straights Aren't Alright

The Straights Aren't Alright

By River LaneArtsVisual Arts
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The Straights Aren't Alright episodes

  • The Philadelphia Story: A Maniac Plot

    Ah, the perils of Old Hollywood, never know how much cringing you're going to do. Join Sam, Jas, Gillian, and River as they dip their toes into the first of the old school rom coms and try to figure out whether good screwball patter and an excellent cast can save a plot that sure occasionally reads like a horror movie

    Guest Socials:

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social
    https://arentalrightpodcom.tumblr.com/

    1 hr 3 min
  • Ever After: Once Upon a Time in a Place Calling Itself France

    ... there lived a predecessor to the NLOG Cinderella supported by one of the better scripts this podcast has seen. Join Bex, Jas, Sam, and River as they talk about Ever After from 1998 and ponder: how much France is enough France? What do you do when you take the Disney Princess archetype and match it to the prince instead? And how can a movie survive a liar reveal as part of its third act breakup?

    Guest Socials:

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social
    https://arentalrightpodcom.tumblr.com/

    1 hr 19 min
  • What A Girl Wants: Potentially Too Much Politics

    Join River, Sam, Gillian, and Ellie as they talk about the 2003 Amanda Bynes vehicle "What a Girl Wants" and seek to answer such questions as: how 2003 can you make a movie on accident, which romantic paring is this movie actually about, and what is the lineage of the teen movie "guitar boy" archetype?


    Guest Socials:

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    Ellie:
    https://bsky.app/profile/elessar42.bsky.social
    https://elessar42.medium.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@BiggestNightPodcast

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social
    https://arentalrightpodcom.tumblr.com/

    1 hr 13 min
  • Enchanted: That's How You Know You're A Romantic

    For our second foray into the House of Mouse, join Sam, Jasmine, River, and two first time guests Jordan and Justin talk about the 2007 movie Enchanted. Where we mull over the important questions like how many easter eggs Disney can fit into a movie, is Patrick Dempsey good enough for this movie, and why do Disney villains insist on spoiling their own schemes? 


    Guest Socials:

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social
    https://arentalrightpodcom.tumblr.com/

    1 hr 16 min
  • Sound of Music: Is There Anything Sexier Than An Anti-fascist?

    Join Bex, Leif, Gillian, Meredith, and River as they talk about The Sound of Music and try not to be complete musical theatre kids about it. It goes... about as well as expected.

    This podcasts contains discussions of nazism and the politics of the 1930s listener discretion is advised.

    Guests Socials!

    Mer

    https://letterboxd.com/merthenerd/

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/

    Leif

    https://www.instagram.com/leifbradshawsings/

    https://www.facebook.com/leifbradshawmusic/

     https://www.castingcall.club/red-maned-maestro

    https://open.spotify.com/show/4daoco7rJ8ZzR7AQUTJbP4

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social
    https://arentalrightpodcom.tumblr.com/

    1 hr 20 min
  • Much Ado About Nothing: Ask Not What Comedy Actors Can Do For You

    Join Leif, Meredith, Gillian, Ellie, and River as they discuss the 2011 proshot version of Much Ado About Nothing starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate as contemplate how much booze it would take to make the plot make sense, how and why Beatrice and Benedick invented love, and mull over the eternal question: Do Hero and Claudio Actually Work?

    In Each Retelling's Much Ado: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uGI8dRVjNjPlR2fc7HwuJ

    Guest Socials

    Ellie:
    https://bsky.app/profile/elessar42.bsky.social
    https://elessar42.medium.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@BiggestNightPodcast

    Mer

    https://letterboxd.com/merthenerd/

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/

    Leif

    https://www.instagram.com/leifbradshawsings/

    https://www.facebook.com/leifbradshawmusic/

     https://www.castingcall.club/red-maned-maestro

    https://open.spotify.com/show/4daoco7rJ8ZzR7AQUTJbP4

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social

    1 hr 8 min
  • Down With Love: And The Schemes They Rode In On

    Join Ellie, Jas, Sam, River, and new guest Meredith as they talk about 2003's Down With Love and try to sort out how much scheming is enough scheming, what happened to color correction, and what good tailoring can do for you.

    Guest Socials:

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    Ellie:
    https://bsky.app/profile/elessar42.bsky.social
    https://elessar42.medium.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@BiggestNightPodcast

    Mer

    https://letterboxd.com/merthenerd/

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social

    1 hr 7 min
  • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: And How They Deserve Better Than You

    In another accidental instance of Christmas in spring, join River, Ellie, Sam, and Jas as they discuss the 2009 movie Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and try not to completely tear their hair out at the writing on the wall of worse things to come.

    Guest Socials:

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    Sam

    https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6354567

    https://bsky.app/profile/demisemme.bsky.social

    Ellie:
    https://bsky.app/profile/elessar42.bsky.social
    https://elessar42.medium.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@BiggestNightPodcast


    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social

    1 hr 7 min
  • Someone Like You: Pop Feminism Gone Wrong

    Join Jas, Gillian, and River as they talk about the 2001 movie Someone Like You, a movie that tries to explain how men are like cows in such a way that we wonder if the writer really just wanted to write a telenovela. 

    Guest Socials

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/

    Jas

    https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rfgykuajoxcz5zgllczl4mqj
    https://ineachretelling.tumblr.com/

    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social

    54 min
  • Wild Mountain Thyme: The Other Bee Movie

    Join River, Gillian, and Ellie talk about the 2020 movie Wild Mountain Thyme a movie that proports to be about land disputes and a guy thinking he's a bee but ends up being about Ireland's landscape and stereotypes and a case study in why one acts should maybe hesitate being adapted to feature length.


    Guest's Socials:

    Ellie:
    https://bsky.app/profile/elessar42.bsky.social
    https://elessar42.medium.com/

    https://open.spotify.com/show/4rM0GBqM1tOW4Gzpf8RIGu

    Gillian:

    https://bsky.app/profile/cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social

    https://puppywritesthings.tumblr.com/


    The Host's Socials:
    https://bsky.app/profile/dreamsrebel.bsky.social
    https://letterboxd.com/punk_skeleton/
    https://blog.filmlion.online/

    Pods Socials
    https://bsky.app/profile/arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social

    1 hr 6 min

About The Straights Aren't Alright

From the publisher's feed

In which a bunch of queers watch straight rom-coms and seek to ask the question: "Are the straights... alright?"