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Hollywood couldn't figure out how to sell a historical fiction political comedy about teenagers set twenty-five years in the past, but we're big fans of Andrew Fleming's 1999 film Dick and we're here to talk about it! Join in as we discuss teenage celebrity crushes, child stardom, an odd choice for weed storage, and a deep cast of sketch performers. Plus: Why does Nixon White House Counsel John Dean have a "special thanks" in the credits? Why is the New York Times review so fixated on connecting this movie to Monica Lewinsky? And, most importantly, why does this dog look nothing like Checkers?? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Burn After Reading (2008)----------------------------------------------Key sources and links for this episode:Stephen Holden's review in the New York TimesMichael O'Sullivan's review in the Washington Post"Generation X's Tricky Dick" (Washington Post)"Dick Director on the Challenges of Making a Watergate Comedy and Whether it Could be Done Today" (The Hollywood Reporter)"9 Things You Never Really Knew about Dick" (Huffington Post)"Dick at 25: The Watergate Satire's Writer and Director on Putting Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst in Nixon's White House" (IndieWire)"Michelle Williams Bares All for Her Art" (Entertainment Weekly)"Michelle Williams, Naked Angel" (Paper Magazine)"Some Like Her Hot" (2012 GQ cover story on Michelle Williams)"How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult?" (The Cut)"Stalkers, Disease, and Doubt: A Gymnast's Hard Road Back to the Games" (New York Times piece on Suni Lee's adjustment to fame and adult life)Dear Hollywood - Alyson Stoner's podcast on child acting"Jason Bateman" (Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend)"The Reveal of Emo Kylo Ren's Parentage is Tearing Twitter Apart" (AV Club)"The Story of the Really Weird Night Richard Nixon Hung out with Hippies at the Lincoln Memorial" (Washingtonian Magazine)
Bust out your lightsabers and get ready to throw a temper tantrum cuz it’s time for Part 2 of The Force Awakens with your girls and special guest, Sarah! Join our squad as Sarah educates us on Han and Leia’s relationship and all of the missing pieces since Return of the Jedi. Brie shares her love of Gwendolyn Christie and admits she is more into this branch of Star Wars. Sista recognizes that Leia is a goddamn PILLAR OF STRENGTH. And Megan is ready to captain the S.S. Reylo ship and gets riled up discussing her hatred of life coaches. Alternative episode titles include: 1) S.S. Reylo, 2) Pillar-Of-Strength-Leia, 3) Galaxy Tabloids, 4) Kombucha Discharge, 5) Emo Kylo Ren, 6) Huffleclaw With a Slytherin Rising, 7) F*ck you, Life Coaches, 8) Big Hologram Compensation, 9) OG Voldemort, 10) PSA: Urgunnadie, 11) Professor Sista on Death & Fuck Boys, 12) Homeboy the Wise, 13) The Phasma Lounge
In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Diana & I talk about the Disney-era Star Wars movies, specifically The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and Rogue One. We also recommend some summer reads. Time Stamps: 00:04 Intro 00:37 Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, Rogue One 27:15 Summer Reads Recs 41:16 Outro If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom. Find Claire online: Twitter: @ClaireRousseau Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/ Youtube: Claire Rousseau Find Diana online: Twitter: @bookish_di Tumblr: @kerrykhat Thanks for tuning in to Radio Free Fandom!
Emo Kylo Ren makes an appearance on Skytalkers! In this special interview episode, Caitlin and Charlotte talk to the writer and voice behind the extremely popular Twitter account, @KyloR3n -- Emo Kylo Ren. What are Alexandra's creative inspirations? Her favorite tweets? What is her opinion of Kylo Ren and where his character is going to go? What are her opinions on the Rey and Kylo dynamic? All this and more on this special episode of Skytalkers! Follow Alexandra on her personal Twitter, @petridishes! You can find her writing for the Washington Post here. Follow Emo Kylo Ren here!: @KyloR3n Follow us on @skytalkerspod for more fun and individually @crerrity and @caitlinplesher. Thanks to our awesome guest, and to you, our listeners! skytalkers.com Click here to join our Patreon community!
This season on Working, we’re speaking to individuals employed in fields potentially imperiled by the Trump presidency. These are the stories of people doing difficult but important jobs—jobs that may get much more difficult and much more important in the years ahead. Alexandra Petri writes humorous spins on the news for the Washington Post She spoke to Jacob Brogan about what it's like to make satire in an increasingly absurd news climate. Then, in a Slate Plus extra, Petri tells us about Emo Kylo Ren, a parody account she made imagining the villain of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a petulant teenager. If you’re a member, enjoy bonus segments and interview transcripts from Working, plus other great podcast exclusives. Start your two-week free trial at slate.com/workingplus. Petri's blog "ComPost": https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/ Email: working@slate.com Twitter: @Jacob_Brogan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This season on Working, we’re speaking to individuals employed in fields potentially imperiled by the Trump presidency. These are the stories of people doing difficult but important jobs—jobs that may get much more difficult and much more important in the years ahead. Alexandra Petri writes humorous spins on the news for the Washington Post She spoke to Jacob Brogan about what it's like to make satire in an increasingly absurd news climate. Then, in a Slate Plus extra, Petri tells us about Emo Kylo Ren, a parody account she made imagining the villain of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a petulant teenager. If you’re a member, enjoy bonus segments and interview transcripts from Working, plus other great podcast exclusives. Start your two-week free trial at slate.com/workingplus. Petri's blog "ComPost": https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/ Email: working@slate.com Twitter: @Jacob_Brogan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Emo Kylo Ren pays Justin a visit this week, in the form of the woman behind it all—Alexanda Petri! Together they discuss Star Wars, Jeopardy, internet culture, politics, and Petri’s book, A Field Guide to Awkward Silences. Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist and blogger, an International Pun Champion, […]
Thanks for tuning in to episode III of Beltway Banthas! It's been a crazy week and this is coming to you on STAR WARS DAY 2016. No better time to release this podcast. On this episode, we discuss some of the latest Star Wars news and chatter about Rogue One. Then, as promised, we get around to some politics. Stephen leads the show on an exploration of the Galactic Senate. How does it work? Why is there gridlock and an inability to get things done? This will be the first of many topical discussions on the politics of Star Wars and we hope you enjoy it. Did we miss anything you think should have been discussed? Let us know and we will touch on it: BeltwayBanthas@gmail.com Emo Kylo Ren performance inspired by @KyloR3n : https://twitter.com/KyloR3n Referenced in this episode: Vox: The Galactic Senate Needed A Minority Party - http://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2015/10/6/9459735/galactic-senate-minority-party by Seth Masket The Delegation of 2000 meet (Episode III deleted scene): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jp-O1y1HI&feature=youtu.be&t=2m52s Get full access to Geeky Stoics at www.geekystoics.com/subscribe
Thanks for tuning in to episode III of Beltway Banthas! It's been a crazy week and this is coming to you on STAR WARS DAY 2016. No better time to release this podcast. On this episode, we discuss some of the latest Star Wars news and chatter about Rogue One. Then, as promised, we get around to some politics. Stephen leads the show on an exploration of the Galactic Senate. How does it work? Why is there gridlock and an inability to get things done? This will be the first of many topical discussions on the politics of Star Wars and we hope you enjoy it. Did we miss anything you think should have been discussed? Let us know and we will touch on it: BeltwayBanthas@gmail.com Emo Kylo Ren performance inspired by @KyloR3n : https://twitter.com/KyloR3n Referenced in this episode: Vox: The Galactic Senate Needed A Minority Party - http://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2015/10/6/9459735/galactic-senate-minority-party by Seth Masket The Delegation of 2000 meet (Episode III deleted scene): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jp-O1y1HI&feature=youtu.be&t=2m52s
It's Ya Boy-ega! Today we talk about the new Xbox One game Quantum Break, going to Hot G Dogs, Mr Bacon's Big Adventure, firing shots at a gun range, Animaniacs on Netflix, Deftones' new album Gore, the opening and ending of Diamond Is Unbreakable, the tease of Titanfall 2, Forest Whitaker's face in Rogue One, and finally getting around to watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens. May the forks be with you.
Welcome to planToons! A Family's Disney Trip Planning from the Second Dimension. planToons 31: Disney's Star Wars Launch Bay Awakens The planToons are back from a hit & run 4 day Disney Trip. Today we are talking about the Star Wars Launch Bay at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Emo Kylo Ren and Nuking the Fridge Han Solo Style. Discover planToons: We love our Walt Disney World vacations almost as much as we enjoy planning them. We started to record the planning sessions and the "animate" the fun parts for your enjoyment. Visit our website at www.plantoons.com for more. See the rest of the Cartoons at YouTube.com/WDWplanToons Subscribe to planToons on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Follow on Twitter @WDWplanToons Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/WDW-Pl...
After a two week break, the guys at NBRR&M are back in this "hotly waited" episode! In our longest and most in-depth podcast yet, we break down the newest addition to the Star Wars franchise, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Getting into everything from the Emo Kylo Ren, plot holes, and even a few fan theories, this is an episode you won't wanna miss! BEWARE THERE ARE MANY SPOILERS AHEAD!
Fans rejoice it's a new year and a new podcast and... a new awakening. In this episode we go in depth about the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens and why it made Harley cry tears of nerd rage, but don't worry we save that topic until last in case you haven't seen it yet so you can remain Spoiler free. The first two thirds of the episode we talk about New Year's resolutions, New Years Eve celebrations, Guy's camping trip, Driving etiquette and Harley's Xmas miracle when he disturbed a sleeping homeless man to bring him some Xmas cheer. It's like A Christmas Story for the jaded millennial. We also talk about Ghosts and wether new photographic evidence provided by a listener has swayed our opinion on the supernatural. Start the new year off with a bang… by listening quietly to this podcast.
Episode 6 is here, just in time for the New Year! This episode we discuss Ed's brush with the racist of Hanauma Bay, STAR WARS (a little spoilery), Emo Kylo Ren, our 2015 Year End Reviews, and we try a new segment called WELCOME TO REDDIT! Happy New Year, everybody! Bring the New Year in with the Therefore I Am Podcast!
We start the show this week with some very quick post-Christmas chatter and a bit of gift-giving! Then we get into our Year End Wrap Up (10:26)! We each bring 5 topics from the past year of pop culture - good or bad - that stuck out for us. Bob, as usual, deviates from this by bringing a different type of list. Here's stuff we cover, who listed what? You'll have to listen to find out: Royal Blood, Emo Kylo Ren, Chris Stapleton, Being Blocked By Bill Cosby, Miley Cyrus, Serial and Podcasting, Star Wars 7, The Martian, Viola Davis' speech, The Kardashians, Descender, Daredevil on Netflix, Game Of Thrones, Justin Bieber, The Walking Dead, Human Resources, Kevin Smith Watches The Flash, Better Call Saul - Mike's Episode.