Episode 59: We All Should Be as Horny as Sabrina Carpenter

This week’s prompts: Reckless, Silver, Hobby, 393

Lauren paints outside the lines with an American icon, while Neal curates four films that span from gritty New York streets to a Bronx stoop. Together, it’s an embarrassment of riches — with a side of erotic bike dancing.

First, Lauren dives into the messy brilliance of Jackson Pollock, the volatile pioneer of Abstract Expressionism. From his drip technique and Jungian therapy to CIA-backed exhibitions and fractal analysis, Pollock was as reckless as he was revolutionary. Along the way, Lauren restores credit to overlooked influences like Janet Sobel and Lee Krasner, and explains why Pollock’s chaotic canvases weren’t random splatters but nature itself, repeating in fractal form.

Then, Neal takes on all four prompts with a film for each:

Reckless → Kids (1995), Larry Clark’s raw indie debut that shocked audiences with its unflinching portrait of New York teens and launched Rosario Dawson’s career.

Silver → Quicksilver (1986), Kevin Bacon’s flop-turned-cult curiosity about a stockbroker-turned-bike-messenger, complete with surreal bike dance sequences and a soundtrack by Roger Daltrey, Genesis’ Tony Banks, and Rod Stewart.

Hobby → Scrapper (2023), Charlotte Regan’s magical realist gem about a father-daughter bond, pastel dreams, and a scrapyard fort in East London.

393 → A Bronx Tale (1993), Robert De Niro’s heartfelt directorial debut based on Chazz Palminteri’s one-man play, balancing loyalty, family, and mob life in 1960s New York.

PLUS:
🎨 Fractals, drip paintings, and the Pollock-Shepard CIA connection
🚲 Kevin Bacon’s subway poster scavenger hunt (and his bike’s cameo in Brooklyn)
📺 Scrapper’s blend of realism and whimsy that wowed Sundance
🕶 “Now yous can’t leave”: the most famous barroom lock-in in cinema

Next week’s prompts: Worm, White, 22

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