Charlie Jane Anders on 'Auntie Mame,' Harley Quinn and Extravagant Women
Feeling Seen
English - February 24, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsFilm Interviews TV & Film Film History film jordan crucchiola Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When it comes to film characters, author and commentator Charlie Jane Anders found that she had to took way back to a movie she loved as a child, AUNTIE MAME (1958), to name someone that made her feel seen in an aspirational way. But in that special FEELING SEEN way, the search for a character to identify with ends up revealing a whole slew of exuberant women who aren't afraid to live their big, colorful lives -- women like Harley Quinn, Leslie Knope, and the 13th Doctor.
For one quick thing this week, Jordan's got something stuck in her craw regarding the franchise-fan response to the new TEXAS CHAINSAW movie.
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With Jordan Crucchiola and Charlie Jane Anders