Cult leader and weight loss guru Gwen Shamblin and her husband Joe Lara became infamous after they died in a plane crash in 2021, and then were the subject of the HBO docu-series The Way Down. But it wasn’t Lara’s first time in the spotlight—he first entered the public consciousness as the star of the campy 1989 made-for-TV movie Tarzan in Manhattan. Lara, a former male model, is pure eye candy swinging around NYC in a tiny loincloth. Golden Age Hollywood star Tony Curtis and Broadway actress Kim Crosby bring charm and comic relief to the film as a cranky private investigator and his tough-talking, cab-driving daughter Jane. But can we still enjoy this movie knowing what we now know about Joe Lara’s involvement in a cult that abused, cheated and in one case murdered its members? Filmmaker Katie Madonna Lee and writer Louis Jordan discuss Tarzan in Manhattan, the mystery of Gwen Shamblin’s hair, and what to do with good movies starring bad people. Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tvmoviepodc Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZl9ysOSINvxi4uVEqXSC2Q Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothermurdererpodcaster/ TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@mothermurdererpodcaster