Z and Keith Watched A Movie

Z and Keith Watched A Movie

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Z and Keith Watched A Movie episodes

  • Ep 3.30 - The Pick Up Artist [Keith Bday Pick #3]

    Hello, young lovers!

    We bring you a tale as old as time: a young Lothario catches feelings for the first conquest of his that he respects. Meanwhile her dad is a gambler indebted to a mafioso who attempts to leverage the situation to pimp her out to a South American drug lord with whom he's trying to secure a deal. Naturally, they all end up in Atlantic City, one of them with a shirt that never dries.  

    Shakespearean, really. 

    It's The Pick Up Artist (1987) starring brat pack alum Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey, Jr. and a host of (now) familiar faces.  

    And surprise, surprise-- we get into the politics of casual sex.  Considered yourself warned: we talk about non/consent, BDSM, and pornography, among other busty substances.

    Pop Culture Detective's vid on "stalking for love"

    Thanks for being here!

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp

    1 hr 11 min
  • Ep 3.29 - The Secret of NIMH [Keith bday pick #2]


    Welcome to the second installment of Keith's birthday selections!
    This time we bring you the 1982 animated classic The Secret of NIMH.
    Z discusses projector technologies and Keith reads from Wikipedia.   

    Stay safe, we need you!


    Great vid on John B Calhoun's experiments

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp

    Outro: Paul Williams performing Flying Dreams

    1 hr
  • Ep 3.28 - I Shot Andy Warhol [Keith bday pick #1]

    Greetings Citizens!


    Welcome to a month of movies picked by Keith. Number one = I Shot Andy Warhol (1996).
    This biopic about Valerie Solanas features a stand out performance by pod favorite Lily Taylor, plus Stephen Dorff as Candy Darling and Jared Harris as Warhol. You also get some Martha Plimpton and a soupcon of Justin Theroux. 

    Unlike usual, we talk a lot about gender politics in this one.


    Thanks for listening!
    You're the best.

    Reference/d materials: 

    https://www.wynnegreenwood.com/

    A Brief Convoluted History of the Word "Intersectionality" by Kory Stamp
    Sandy Stone on Living Among Lesbian Separatists as a Trans Woman in the 70s 

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp

    Outro: Hymn to Valerie Solanas by Linda Hoyle

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 3.27 -- Spice World

    Hell to the king, Hell to the chief! 

    To open July, we bring you a world of Spice!

    Not to be confused with the documentary of the same name about the desert planet Arakis, from which all Spice flows, this film chronicles the hijinks of the mid/late 90's pop phenomenon, The Spice Girls.  
    We also talk mispronouncing words we've only seen in print, words people around us unknowingly made up and the impact the Girls and this movie had on a young Zed.   

    All power to the people! 

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp
    Outro: Wannabe My Sickness by DADS MAYO

    1 hr 8 min
  • Ep 3.26 -- But I'm a Cheerleader (Pray the Gay to Stay)

    Hey gurl-

    This week we bring you a lil pot of gold at the end of the rainbow which is our month of Pride viewing: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
    Z talks about relating to the self-denial and fear of being gay depicted in the film and Keith recalls some work history.

    Thanks for celebrating with us!
    xoxoxoxo

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp
    Outro: Wanda Jackson performing Funnel of Love

    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep 3.25 -- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

    Pride continues! 

    Gender continues--to be... complex.  

    We bring the story of three drag queens crossing the US, getting stuck in Smalltown, America, and learning a thing or two about appearances and acceptance. But who is the teacher???
    It's 1995's To Wong Foo!


    wikipedia article on The Gay and Trans Panic Defense
    (CW for descriptions of violence against LBGTQ+ human beings. This article is not an easy read.)

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp
    Outro: Eartha Kitt performing C'est Si Bon

    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep 3.24 -- Torch Song Trilogy (A Queer Family Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

    In this, our second Pride month offering, we bring you 1988 film version of Harvey Fierstein's tour de force Torch Song Trilogy.  

    Fierstein plays Arnold, a young homosexual living and performing in 1970's NYC.  Presented in three chapters, we see Arnold struggle and grow in his relationships and along the way learn a thing or two about when and where we find 'family'.  

    Featuring the always-masterful Anne Bancroft as Ma, with Matthew Broderick and Brian Kerwin as Arnold's long term relationships, and the under utilized Ken Page and Charles Pierce playing fellow drag performers.  This definitely deserves it's place in the queer canon.   

    Stay safe, stay fierce.

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp

    Outro: AFI performing Torch Song

    1 hr 22 min
  • Ep 3.23 -- Jeffrey (Celibacy & the City)

    Happy Pride!


    We launch our month of LGBTQIA cinematic offerings with 1995's Jeffrey.
    Steven Weber plays the titular actor/caterer who swears off the complications of sex in the time of AIDS. As fate would have it though, the moment he declares his chastity, he meets the dreamy (and HIV positive) Steve played by Michael T Weiss. The consumate Patrick Stewart and Bryan Batt are there to bring some realness to Jeffrey's cartoonish version of gay 90's NYC, but IS IT ENOUGH???

    We also talk email composition, how we think vaginoplasty works, our post-mortem wishes, plus, surprise: Nathan Lane is good.

    Be safe!
    We luv u.

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp
    Outro: Joey Dee & The Starliters performing The Peppermint Twist, Part 1

    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep 3.22 -- Prom Night [Z's Birthday Pick #4]

    Heya! And welcome to the fourth and final of Z's birthday selections for 2022!

    To close out the festivities, we bring you the disco-infused teen slasher Prom Night (1980) featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and, somehow, Leslie Nielsen.
    See you on the dance floor!

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp

    Outro: Sticky Patch performing Disco Murder

    1 hr 9 min
  • Ep 3.21 -- The Craft [Z's BDay Special starring Bunny!]

    Z's Birthday Special!

    This week we feel touched by an angel and that angel is our special guest Bunny!

    We are talking 1996's mall goth anthem--The Craft.
    You lWelcome to oved it at the time, but how does it fair? Is it in the Cluelessverse? Is it a prequel to Scream? Is Kelsey Grammer ok?
    These and many may other questions are raised. We give you no warrantees though.

    The referenced interview with Rachel True

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    Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp

    Outro: Coven performing Wicked Woman

    1 hr 21 min

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