Episode 420: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

Special Guest: Jamie Babbit
Guest Co-Hosts: Joshua Grannell, Cassandra Baker

Released in 1999 Jamie Babbit’s But I'm a Cheerleader stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan, the titular cheerleader who seems to have some very “unnatural urges” according to her parents, teachers, and friends. She's sent to a camp where she gets re-educated in the ways of heterosexuality and proper gender roles.

Joshua Grannell and Cassandra Baker join Mike to discuss But I'm a Cheerleader as well as 2018's duo of conversion therapy films, Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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Links:
Buy But I'm a Cheerleader on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Jamie Babbit website
Visit the official Peaches Christ website
Read “It’s a Long Path to Righteousness”: 20 Years of But I’m a Cheerleader by Megan Wilson

Music:
"Laisse Tomber Les Filles" - France Gall

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Episode 322: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Special Guests: Rutanya Alda, Justin Bozung
Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Joshua Grannell

Based on the scandalous memoir by Christina Crawford, Frank Perry's Mommie Dearest (1981) gave the world a powerhouse performance by Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford.

On this episode of The Projection Booth, Joshua Grannell and Terry Frost join Mike to discuss the movie and its reception. Guests this episode include actress Rutanya Alda who gives a behind-the-scenes account of the shooting of the film and Justin Bozung who is currently writing a book about director Frank Perry.

Don't fuck with us, fellas, this isn't our first rodeo...

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Links:
Buy Mommie Dearest on DVD
Buy The Mommie Dearest Diary: Carol Ann Tells All by Rutanya Alda
Buy Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford
Buy Looking for Gatsby by Faye Dunaway
Buy Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine
Buy Survivor by Christina Crawford
Read Roger Ebert's review of Mommie Dearest
Read about Joan Crawford being Box Office Poison
Visit the Concluding Chapter of Crawford website
Listen to the You Must Remember This episode on Mommie Dearest
Will Faye Dunaway talk about Mommie Dearest in her next memoir?
Visit the official Peaches Christ website
Visit the Paleo Cinema website
Visit the Martian Drive-In Podcast

Music:
"Main Title" - Henry Manicini
"Uncle Daddy" - Henry Mancini
"Joan Crawford" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Mildred Pierce" - Sonic Youth

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