Episode 313: Making Mr. Right (1987)

Special Guests: Susan Seidelman, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Laurie Frank, Floyd Byars
Guest Co-Hosts: Beth Accomando, Miguel Rodriguez

In Susan Seidelman's Making Mr. Right (1987), Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) is an ad executive whose new client, ChemTec, needs a major PR campaign in order to make the Ulysses robot (John Malkovich) palatable to the American public.

Laurie Frank and Floyd Byars penned this sci-fi romantic comedy.

The episode features the second of the three-part interview with actress Glenne Headly. Hear the first part on the Dick Tracy episode.

Beth Accomando and Miguel Rodridguez join Mike to discuss this delightfully quirky film.

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Links:
Buy Making Mr. Right on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Ann Magnuson website
Visit the Frank Picture Gallery
Read Beth Accomando's film reviews
Visit the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival website

Music:
"Another World" - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
"Blank Generation" - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
"I Met An Astronaut" - Ann Magnuson
"Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes
"Happy Together" - The Turtles

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Episode 186: Working Girls (1986)

Special Guests: Lizzie Borden & Amanda Goodwin
Guest Co-Host: Grace Smith

Lizzie Borden's second feature film, Working Girls (1986) looks at the day in the life of a sex worker, her co-workers, her boss, and her clients.

We spoke to director Lizzie Borden and actress Amanda Goodwin (Dawn) about this groundbreaking film.

We're joined in our discussion by "working girl," Grace Smith, to help us understand how some sex work really works.

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Links:
Buy Working Girls on Blu-Ray
Buy Born in Flames on DVD
Watch Amanda Goodwin's Living 'til the End on Amazon
Visit the official Remedy website
Hear more about sex work at The WhoreCast (Formerly "This American Whore")
Read about Alaska's War on Sex Workers
Where is prostitution legal? Find out here

Music:
"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer

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