Episode 223: To Die For

Mar 25, 2020

Summary:

 

"You're not anybody in America unless you're on TV." This week we re-watch Nicole Kidman's 1995 criminal comedy-drama To Die For and have very mixed feelings. Also discussed: Serial Mom, Sex Education, and Andrea and Lisa have a fight about whether or not Hugh Jackman is the biggest triple threat in entertainment.

 

Please note: this episode was recorded on Feb. 17, 2020. 

 

 

Show notes:

 

The Biggest Triple Threats In Entertainment (Ranker)

Do you remember Pamela Smart? She got four boys to kill her husband nearly 29 years ago. Now, they're free. She isn't. (Washington Post)

 

Revisiting Hours: Murder, Sexism and the Nightly News — ‘To Die For’ (Rolling Stone)

 

A great ending: Gus Van Sant’s ‘To Die For’ (1995) (Movie Time Guru)

 

Recommendations:

Lisa:  Sex Education (Netflix)

Andrea W.:  Work in Progress (HBO)


Music credits:

"Good Times" by Podington Bear
From Free Music Archive
CC BY 3.0

 

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

From Incompetch

CC BY 3.0

Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

Courtesy of Free Music Archive

CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

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