We're Amber and Mike Tresca: a married couple who decided to celebrate our 50th birthdays by watching some old movies.
A LOT of old movies.
Join us as we watch 50 movies on our date nights and have fun dissecting them.
Each episode is accompanied by an original character Mike created and designed for use in tabletop roleplaying games.
50 Date Night Screams contains mature themes and is intended for adult audiences, so take care when listening.
We’re glad you’re here! Have a seat, grab a glass of your favorite beverage, and get ready to scream along with us!
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We're Amber and Mike Tresca: a married couple who decided to celebrate our 50th birthdays by watching some old movies.
A LOT of old movies.
Join us as we watch 50 movies on our date nights and have fun dissecting them.
Each episode is accompanied by an original character Mike created and designed for use in tabletop roleplaying games.
50 Date Night Screams contains mature themes and is intended for adult audiences, so take care when listening.
We’re glad you’re here! Have a seat, grab a glass of your favorite beverage, and get ready to scream along with us!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"The Ghost and the Guest" from 1943 is a poverty row comedy that also includes elements of the mystery and old, dark house genres. The one-liner humor holds up in some cases, and it did have Mike and Amber laughing. However, this movie also contains a disturbing thread of execution by hanging. It's played for laughs in the movie, but it exposes how pervasive and dangerous racism was used as a comedic trope. This makes a commentary on this movie nuanced but important in being aware of how racism was coded in early movies.
Title: The Ghost and the Guest
Director: William Nigh
IMDB Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Rating: Not rated
Content warnings: Racism, misogyny, murder, execution, and a discussion of lynching, which doesn't occur in the movie, but which we address in the commentary
Hilarious tagline: “A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion."
5th Edition Character: Honeyboy, an undead in search of his jewels, and his gang of jewel thieves
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Reference Material:
History of Lynching in America: https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america
As American as the Blues: Lynching in Film and TV: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/as-american-as-the-blues-lynching-in-film-and-tv/
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