The Arts Hole
A long stare into the pop culture abyss as one award winning script writer and one unemployed drunk try to take films, TV shows and books apart and work out what‘s gone wrong.
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Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
In 1972, Ira Levin wrote a novella so iconic it became an instant shorthand in pop culture and social discourse. In 2004, Hollywood adapted this novel - and changed the beginning, and the end, and put robot dog in it, and Matthew Broderick.
Join us for a classically head-in-hands episode of our Masters & Disasters series as we pit a literary classic against its movie adaptation.
Oh, and Matthew Broderick killed two women, just in case we forget to mention it.
P.S. Disco the podcast puppy was frolicking in the garden during the recording of this episode so she does not appear but she is fine and well and covered in grass cuttings.
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Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
As it is Bea's birthday week/month she choose Oscar winning Cher vehicle 'Moonstruck' as her Arts Hole pick. But as the movie ran, Nicholas Cage wasn't the only one losing his shit...
We don't recommend you listen to this episode unless you're up for arguments about kitchen sink dramas, the wacky world of John Waters movies, Emma Thompson grudge match round #2 and some TV recommendations instead.
Enjoy?
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Moonstruck trailer - https://youtu.be/M01_2CKL6PU
Sir Arthur Striebgriebling - https://youtu.be/iuE_a1pTsO4
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Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
In this musical edition of Masters & Disasters, we take a deep dive into Grease 2 and ask "Is 'Grease' still the word?" Turns out, we have some other words that could more aptly describe it... Still, there's a young Michelle Pfeiffer, a leading man who can't hold a tune and the threat of nuclear war, what's not to love? Just don't mention the Hawaiian Luau, Bea still hasn't recovered.
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Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Raganarok! The death of the gods! The end of all things! Will this third entry from Chris Hemsworth's Thor be able to handle such high stakes? We'll never know, as it didn't bother to try. Join us for a dip into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we explore why Thor: Ragnarok was so weirdly un-engaging.
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Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Villainous origin stories have become de rigeur in recent years, with 'Joker' becoming a critical darling and 'Maleficent' making a fortune. Even Marvel's Loki has his own TV show. Surely, however, nobody could make Cruella DeVil sympathetic?
Which is true. They couldn't. But they insisted on trying for two and as half hours and we sat through all of it. Will Disco the podcast puppy survive this episode unscathed or will Cruella's fashion and sympathetic origin story tempt Bea to the dark side?! PUUUUUPPIES!!!!! **thunder crack, lightning flash**
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**Corrections**
1) Cruella was released in 2021 not 2019
2) Luke did not mean to say "they're stupid cos they're orphans." He just meant that the care system often unfortunately leaves children with sub-par education opportunities and that people who grow up in care can be disproportionately under-educated, which is not the same as being stupid. His views on Emma Thompson remain unchanged.
Video essay on Cruella from The Take - https://youtu.be/luEEV_UiArQ
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Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
This week is a listener request - or should that be listener troll? - either way, we bring you Rockstar. The 2001 movie nobody heard of starring those titans of rock, Mark Wahlberg and...Jennifer Aniston...but nevermind the odd casting, this movie just wants to deliver that classic rock 'n' roll message, "work hard and follow your dreams"...yeah, it's less "turn it up to 11" and more "switch it the fuck off"
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Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
A much belated finale to our Valentines romcom season, hey - it was hard to feel all that love in the air with sewage coming through the ceiling... Bea picks the best romantic comedy movies of the last three years meanwhile Luke is digging out overlooked gems from the Arts Hole of the past.
We hope you fall in love with some of these movies and yes, we know, we had you at 'hello' x
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Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
We're bringing you multiple Arts Holes this week! First we do a quick follow up on Bea's 2022 pick and Oscar winner 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' And in a rare restrained move from us, there isn't a spoiler in sight - Praise The Lord!
Then we dive into a bigger Arts Hole with new BBC sitcom 'The Witchfinder' It's a juicy setting with a great comedy cast but for some reason it just didn't set us on fire....
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Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
In an "I have never seen..." episode, Bea is exposed to the late nineties joys of "Armageddon," a film in which Michael Bay - the director who skipped every class in film school except "jump cuts" and "explosions" - tackles the subject of a dangerous asteroid by sending Bruce Willis to fuck it to death with a big drill.
It's actually not as awful as its reputation suggests, but that's far from calling it "good." Join us for a trip down memory lane to a simpler, dumber time in an episode best described as Nostalgiupidity.
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Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Owen Wilson stars with up-and-coming young musical talent Jennifer Lopez [cough] in this aimless and irrelevant romantic... film... of some kind. There aren't any jokes, we can't describe it as a comedy without someone taking legal action.
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