FEARLESS PRETENDER Episode 14: “What Good Is It Just To Be Pretty?” (or “I Don’t Feel Right With These People”)

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Fearless Pretender: The Jennifer Jason Leigh Podcast

Fearless Pretender

26 episodes

6 days ago

A podcast examining, in chronological order, the filmography of the great character actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Each month, Sam Inglis and Jason Shawhan discuss, analyse and, let's face it, probably argue about a JJL film or TV project. They'll try to place it in the context of her career, and of its genre and wider place in cinema.

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FEARLESS PRETENDER Episode 14: “What Good Is It Just To Be Pretty?” (or “I Don’t Feel Right With These People”) - Picnic (1986)

Fearless Pretender: The Jennifer Jason Leigh Podcast

1 hour 14 minutes 34 seconds

1 year ago

FEARLESS PRETENDER Episode 14: “What Good Is It Just To Be Pretty?” (or “I Don’t Feel Right With These People”) - Picnic (1986)

Join Sam and Jason as they discuss the 1986 filmed theatrical production of PICNIC* as well as take a crash course in the history of Labor Day, House of Gucci syndrome, writer/director conflicts, The Golden Girls, Broadway on US cable TV, flowers for Conchata Ferrell, Duckman, humble fuckability, what determines Southern belletry, and sitcom paleontology.

* in a recording that predates some of the developments regarding JJL and her social media presence.

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