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Ke Huy Quan on Returning to Acting Apr 14, 2022

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As a kid, he was Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies. But as he got older, Ke Huy Quan began to feel that there wasn't really a place for him in front of the camera. After decades of telling himself he didn't miss acting, Crazy Rich Asians made a splash, and Ke began to think that maybe it was time to get back to acting. Ke opens up about all of that, and landing in the perfect threefold role of Waymond, Alpha Waymond, and CEO Waymond in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

And then, Jordan has one quick thing about Bend it Like Beckham's 20th anniversary.

With Jordan Crucchiola and Ke Huy Quan

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Liz Hannah on ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Apr 07, 2022

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Every creative starts somewhere. Could it be that Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), the messy, gutsy heroine of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, was the spark that kickstarted screenwriter Liz Hannah’s creative career? Liz shares her love of Marion with us, along with stories of Longshot, The Post, and her latest miniseries, The Girl From Plainville, which she co-created with Patrick Macmanus.

Then, one quick thing about the nbd treatment of queerness in the new movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

With Jordan Crucchiola and Liz Hannah

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Josh Johnson on 'The Dark Knight's Joker Mar 31, 2022

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Anybody can go crazy, it just takes one bad day. All-around great guy Josh Johnson – stand-up comedian, writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and the list grows on – explains the ways he sees himself in one of the most iconic villains of the Modern Era, particularly as played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing to say about the new action epic hitting US screens from India, RRR.

Check out Josh’s Elusive Mix Tape or Channel Black

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Laura Leigh Abby on 'Now and Then' Mar 24, 2022

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Now and Then: a mid-’90s coming of age movie with nostalgia for the ‘70s, beloved by kids who wouldn’t be teenagers until the aughts. Jordan and co-host Laura Leigh Abby (whose podcast is Seventeen: Conversations with my Teenage Self) both hold the film as a beloved classic, but as adults they notice some things in the film they didn’t see as kids.

Before we go, Jordan X-plains it all!

Listen to Seventeen: Conversations with My Teenage Self

Jordan talks Deep Water on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Mariama Diallo on 'Eve's Bayou' Mar 17, 2022

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Mariama Diallo’s new debut feature film, MASTER, may be a horror movie, but just like Kasi Lemmons’ first feature, EVE’S BAYOU, it tackles themes of ritual and the supernatural. Mariama was about the same age as Eve (Jurnee Smollett) when she first saw the film. She and Jordan discuss both films, and the ways in which the promise of progress in ‘90s entertainment have been slow to materialize.

Then, Jordan’s got some really important stuff to say about feeling seen by another title character: The Batman.

What Should Be Learned From the End of UPN and the Golden Era of Black Television (The Mary Sue)

20 Years Later, Eve’s Bayou Is Still a Stunning Portrait of Black American Life

(Angelica Jade Bastién for Vulture)

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Hany Abu-Assad on ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Mar 10, 2022

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Acclaimed director Hany Abu-Assad is a real standup guy. Randle McMurphy…eh, not so much. But ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST has us rooting for McMurphy nonetheless, and for a young Hany, he offered a glimpse into the nature of oppression, and the power of creativity as a form of resistance. No, really!

After Jordan and Hany have a deep and thoughtful conversation about all that, and about his new film, HUDA’S SALON…Jordan has one quick thing to say about something else deep: the new trailer for DEEP WATER.

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Kali Reis on 'Euphoria' Mar 03, 2022

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Kali Reis is a champion boxer, but as she shares in this interview, she has always been "boxing for a cause" -- in particular, that of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. In her feature debut, 'Catch the Fair One' (directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka), she plays a woman whose world is shaken when her sister goes missing. Reis, who is of Wampanoag and Cape Verdean heritage, brings us a character with much different problems, but whose physicality, sense of humor, and deeply felt emotions, have been making Kali feel seen: Rue Bennett from HBO's Euphoria.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing to say about Death on the Nile. Champagne, anyone?

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Charlie Jane Anders on 'Auntie Mame,' Harley Quinn and Extravagant Women Feb 24, 2022

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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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Jasmin Savoy Brown on 'Plan B,' 'A Wrinkle in Time,' and 'That's So Raven' Feb 17, 2022

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Jordan's dreams come true as she and fellow-Oregonian Jasmin Savoy Brown (THE LEFTOVERS, YELLOWJACKETS, SCREAM) have a heart to heart about Raven in THAT'S SO RAVEN, Meg in WRINKLE IN TIME, and the girls of PLAN B...and dairy, queer representation, standing up for what you believe in, and why releasing music is scarier than making TV and movies.

Then, Jordan's hoping for that DEEP WATER will be both a trashy delight and the herald of a new era of erotic thrillers.

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Guy Branum on David Lynch's 'Dune' Feb 10, 2022

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Comedian, author, actor, and pop culture commentator extraordinaire Guy Branum steps into the Feeling Seen-iverse with his own special mélange of characters: both The Reverend Mother AND The Baron from David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of DUNE.

Then, in One Quick Thing: Jordan addresses action fandom's "irrepressible thirst" for Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher.

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