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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: 80'S LADIES: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
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CONTENT WARNING: Sexism, sex work, small-town prejudice.
This week in our 80’s Ladies series, the awesome Michael Porteus of The LaFresian Chronicles: Arsen joins us to talk about a movie that isn’t very good, and yet also an instant classic. Outside of Top Gun, this movie might be the most iconic take on the “military training” stories that pervaded the 1980’s. The ending alone is a classic source of homage and parody that will probably last the test of time. For a movie that has s...