Movies That Made Us Gay

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Bonus Episode: Oscar 2023 with special guest Harper Thomson Mar 08, 2023

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The Oscars are Sunday, and we sat down after our Black Swan recording to talk about this year's nominees with friend of the pod Harper Thomson. Does Everything Everywhere All At Once have the major categories in the bag? Is Austin Butler secretly the front runner in the photo finish Best Actor race? Who exactly is going to win supporting actress here? Will Angela Bassett win for an MCU movie? Or will Jamie Lee Curtis or Kerry Condon swoop in after their SAG and BAFTA wins? We talk about all these, plus the below the line categories. Warning on episode: This was recorded in two sittings, so that would be why our some thoughts on categories have changed towards end of the episode.

181. Black Swan with Harper from Hawkeyes Podcast Mar 03, 2023

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"What happened to my sweet girl?" "She's gone!" We watched Black Swan (2010) with our friend Harper, cohost of Hawkeyes Podcast and you'll have to excuse us, we have a lipstick mirror message to wipe off. We're closing out our mini Oscar series with the one that gave Natalie Portman her Best Actress win. Sure she's on the verge of tears the entire movie but you can't deny Natatlie and costar Mila Kunis put in the work to make this movie happen. Director Darren Aronofsky got some stellar performances from the two of them playing differnt sides of the same coin in an edgy, moody, tense package. Don't worry, we talk about the kerfuffle over Natalie's dance double and her getting adequate credit, give our dubious plot description of the ballet Swan Lake and we break down the eternal question; is Natalie Portman actually a good actress? Regardless of our thoughts on that last one, she's got a little gold statue on her mantle that speaks for itself. Grab your legwarmers, scuff up your brand new toe shoes and get ready to eat no food while we talk everything Black Swan!

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180. The Devil Wears Prada with special guest Paul from That Aged Well Feb 24, 2023

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"By all means move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me." We watched The Devil Wears Prada (2006) with our friend Paul from That Aged Well podcast and we need 10 or 15 skirts from Calvin Klein. Rigt NOW. We're not here to weigh the likeability of one miss Anne Hathaway. (We're her for her. Deal with it.) We are here to discuss Miranda Priestly as she is expertly inhabited by the incomparable Meryl Streep. Miranda may be the boss from hell but let's be real, we would all throw our grandma down the stairs for the opportunity to work for her. The fact that she would read us to filth on a daily basis is just a bonus. The movie may be giving us mixed messages about how it wants us to feel about Andy (Hathaway) and the choices she makes during her time at Runway magazine but we can all agree on one thing... her boyfriend and rotted friend group are the real villains. Let's be real here - we would have gotten out of the limo and stayed with Miranda in Paris. Oh and the supporting cast? Emily Blunt's garage door eye shadow is a serve and Stanley Tucci starts a career defining arc of the put upon second banana. Is he playing the actual twin brother of his character in Burlesque? This movie spawned a thousand memes and we quote it on the regular, proving once again - Meryl is gay rights. Thats all.

179. Brokeback Mountain with special guest Drew Stanley Feb 16, 2023

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"You know friend, this is a god damn bitch of an unsatifsactory situation." In honor of MTMUG season five we talk about the tragic gay couple to end all gay couples, Brokeback Mountain! I wish we knew how to quit Ang Lee's dramatic masterpiece that made an indent in mainstream queer cinema back in 2005. Brokeback Mountain nominated both of its leads Heath Ledger, and our Jakey Poo for Oscars. They convincingly play these roles for the 20-year span of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist relationship. Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway are doing equally solid work as their sidelined wives. Sure Michelle's big "Jack Nasty" kitchen scene cemented her first nomination, but our Annie's rodeo queen is just as great. Her big phonecall scene with Heath is a masterclass, that should have at least been nominated for best supporting wig at least! Topics discussed in the episode are rural America Grindr culture, its iconique classic cowboy costumes, the brief apperance by bear icon David Harbor, and the very controversal best picture loss to Crash. Has Oscar loss ever sung more? Put on your pearl and snap western shirt, black cowboy hat, and play your favorite Emmylou Harris song on the truck radio. It's a love that will never grow old, Brokeback Mountain.

Season 4 Finale: Listener Mailbag Episode Dec 30, 2022

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Season 4 is coming to a close and we couldn't have gotten this far without our listeners! We asked you to ask us anything and you didn't disappoint. We go deep into the origins of the show as well as the origins of Scott & Pete. No we didn't fall into matching vats of toxic waste only to emerge hideously deformed and twisted into the wicked podcast hosts you listen to today. It was industrial waste. We also got some amazing "FMK" (f#ck, marry, kill) suggestions and as it turns out, our listeners are just as messed up as we had hoped. We're taking a short break in the new year to gather our thoughts, but not to worry - MTMUG will be back before you know it with a fresh crop of episodes for Season 5!

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178. The Family Stone with special guest Jackson Cooper Dec 23, 2022

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"What's so good about you guys?" We watched The Family Stone (2005) with our friend Jackson Cooper and listeners, you owe us one. Nothing says "sentimental holiday classic" like judgemental, mean-spirited WASPs terrorizing Sarah Jessica Parker for 90 minutes. Being the odd-man-out at a family gathering can be intimidating - like starting at a new job where everyone as been working there for years, you feel like a new character added middway through a long-running sitcom. It can be even harder when the family members team up against your for the sin of wearing business attire at home. Listen, there are some fun performances here - God bless Luke Wilson in gray sweatpants, and Elizabeth Reaser is also there. Okay okay, we won't fault the actors performances for the characters being rotted. Maybe we can forgive Diane Keaton for being, shall we say, irritable - since her character is terminally ill - but you have to admit, sometimes she comes off as just plain mean. Now, Christmas movies have an effect on us and this one is no different. We won't begrudge you an annual re-watch of The Family Stone if it makes you feel warm and fuzzy. Just know we're judging you as harshly as the Stone family judges Meredith Morton (SJP) for being so horrible as to wear high heels and a bun outside of business hours.

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177. Less Than Zero with special guest Ben Cheaves Dec 16, 2022

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It's Christmas in LA, and remember to payback your drug dealer for the 50K you own him! We're rounding out our Bret Easton Ellis discussion on the podcast just in time for the holidays, and watched Less Than Zero with our friend Ben Cheaves from TCM Slumberground. It's a home for the holidays tale as old as time. Clay (Andrew McCarthy) comes back home from his preppy east coast college at the request of his coked out ex-girlfriend Blair (Jami Gertz) to find his out control friend Julian (Robert Downey Jr.) on a drug spiral. Part portrait of 80s excess, and cautionary drug tale, this movie is a fasinating rewatch decades later. We talk about the polarizing sex appeal of Andrew McCarthy, how Jami Gertz is acting in a completely different movie than the rest of the cast. (And we're oddly enough here for it) And how the bisexualness of its source material is heavily toned down from page to screen. Despite all this movies faults (and there are a lot) were still here for it as a perfect time capsule of the mid-1980s from the stacked TVs, Jami's teased hair, to its girl rock anthem Hazy Shade of Winter by the Bangles on its soundtrack.

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176. Anastasia with special guest Donovan Marcotte Dec 09, 2022

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Move over Prince Eric there's a hunkier animated dream boat in town. We watched Anastasia (1997) with our friend Donovan Marcotte and we would seriously consider giving up royalty for a shot at animated John Cusack. Anastasia was the 1990's animated princess *not* brought to you by the house of mouse, but rather thorn in Disney's side Don Bluth and Gary Goldman - the team behind The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail and The Land Before Time. America's Sweetheart and '90s Icon Meg Ryan is charming as Anastasia and Cusack was making girls and little gay boys feel some type of way as hunky Dimitri. The tragic real-life story of the Romanov Royal Family and the ooky-spooky Rasputin somehow fit in this children's tale of lost love, and reuniting with family (Don Bluth certainly has a thing for families getting separated). Throw in amnesia, a talking bat sidekick and a touch of magic and no, we didn't forget the soundtrack (it's Everything). Don't sleep on the pop version of Journey to the Past sung by none other than Aaliyah. Iconic.

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175. Young Adult with special guest Kelly Hardy Dec 02, 2022

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"Love conquers all, have you not seen the Graduate? Or like, I don't know, anything?" We're rounding out our Diablo Cody joints this year and invited over the hilarious Kelly Hardy to watch Young Adult. Seeing Charlize Theron as a "psychotic prom queen bitch" who takes on her hometown to rescue to her old beau Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson) from his wife (Elizabeth Reaser) and new born, is dare we say the most refreshing way beautiful people have ever been portrayed in film. This very anti-Hollywood movie rubbed certain people the wrong way when it came out in 2011, but just like Jennifer's Body's we're here to tell you this movie is incredible, and Theron's tour de force performance should have been Oscar nominated. Topics discussed are why gay men might gravitate towards a character as awful, beautiful, and complex as Mavis Gary. Complicated relationships with hometowns, and Patrick Wilson always being cast as the "Dumb Hot Dad" in movies. Grab your room tempeature Diet Coke, and breakout your Teenage Fanclub mixtape, it's Young Adult!

174. Clue with special guest Hiko Mitsuzuka Nov 25, 2022

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"We're trying to find out who killed him, where, and with what!" It's our Black Friday weekend episode, and we watched Clue (1985) with pop culture aficionado Hiko Mitsuzuka @thefirstecho. I hope you recieved your letter, because this is one of our favorite comedies, like ever. This film is instantly quotable (Flames Flames from the sides of my face), and everyone in the cast is bringing their A-game. We talk about the wild range of Tim Curry who did the Worst Witch, and Legend, the same year he played the butler Wadswroth. How Mr. Green (Michael Mckean) made us feel a certain type of way, and discuss the fasinating legacy of this once panned film that's now championed as a comedy classic from an entire generation of children that grew up on it from cable and video rentals. We're all here for the high camp, and glamour of Madeline Kahn's Mrs. White, and Leslie Ann Warren selling sex in every line reading as Miss Scarlett. We hope you like monkey's brains because dinner will be served at 7:30.

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