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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: OSCARS '62: Sweet Bird of Youth
Description: CONTENT WARNING: castration, sterilization, sex work, abuse, parental abuse and neglect, menace.
Did you miss us? We missed you! That’s right, it’s been far too long, and we’re back with a patented Oscars(TM) series, this time focusing on the year 1962. We kick things off this week with mid-century Hollywood stalwart Tennessee Williams. Boy do we wish we hadn’t. There are some legitimately good and enjoyable performances, but they’re wasted on a movie that said “you know what this play adaptation needs - more set pieces!” This movie is a hot mess, and...