Ep. #14- Star 80 with George Young and Roseanne Caputi

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On this week’s Fabulous Film & Friends, we’re doing round two of
"Face Your Fears" where we pluck up the courage to view a film that we've been hemming and hawing about watching, this time yet another Eric Roberts vehicle,  Bob Fosse’s 1983 controversial biographical drama, Star 80.  

Joining me once again on this crazy quest to confront our apprehensions and anxieties is the Pauline Kael of the Oregon Prairie, my sister Roseanne Caputi. And  back again for more is Time Blinked author, prolific production manager and 80’s Broadway and music video dancing sensation, George Young, who has a story about auditioning for Bob Fosse himself. 

Before we begin, the synopsis!

Star 80 is a biopic cataloguing the brief rise and grisly fall of 1979 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratton, murdered at the hands of her domineering husband Paul Snider in 1980.

Was it worth the wait?

Find out! 

NOTE: The film was based on a 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning Village Voice article by Teresa Carpenter entitled "Death of A Playmate." In the podcast, Roseanne reads from the article without naming it. We apologize for this glaring error.