Episode 20: What We Do In The Shadows (Ep. 101)

This week, Mads and Jeremy learn that no amount of alcohol makes creepy kids NOT CREEPY! The Halloween train rolls right along as we dig into an early work from the current reigning king of spooky shit! Listen in as we dissect the horror of empathy, commiserate over our shared fear of creepy smiles, ands come out of the closet as hardcore MIKE FLANA-STANS as we conjure one of the greatest horror sequels of all time with OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL! 

Written by: Mike Flanagan & Jeff Howard
Directed by: Mike Flanagan

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This week, you can call us 'Madison and Jeremy The Relentless'...because we never relent! 

It's Halloween time folks and monsters are the reason for the season! In that spirit, we are diving into our favorite spooky, and spooky adjacent, movies and tv shows. 

Listen in as Jeremy skirts tradition but NOT picking a movie, but a TV show BASED on a movie. We learn that sometimes the best writing is done on set, how the internet CLEARLY informed the comedic stylings of Jermaine Clement and Taika Watiti, and why we can't stop saying 'CREEEPPYYY PAPER' as we sink our teeth straight into 'WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (EP. 101)! 

Written by: Jermaine Clement & Taika Watiti
Directed by: Jermaine Clement

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/what-we-do-in-shadows-101-pilot-2019.pdf
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This week, Madison & Jeremy are the WORLD'S WORST DETECTIVES! 

Writer, Filmmaker, and Outline Overachiever Andrew Woodman joins us for PART TWO of our sweeping discussion about the film that should have been the 'Knives Out' of 2016. Listen as we dissect how characters can stupid their way into success, travel down a James Bond digression that forces Madison to leave the podcast (temporarily) in protest, and find out that the only true rule of good writing is writing something good as we continue to gush over the modern buddy cop classic, 'THE NICE GUYS'! 

Written by: Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi 
Directed by: Shane Black

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-nice-guys-2016.pdf
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This week, Mads & Jeremy were questioning the mermaids. What were YOU doing while we were working? 

We are joined for this GUEST CHOICE episode by writer, director, and Madison's honorary brother-in-law  ANDREW WOODMAN to discuss in GREAT DETAIL a noir masterpiece that almost wasn't! Listen to PART ONE of our conversation about the dueling scripts, comedic heights, and structural mastery that went into crafting THE NICE GUYS! 

Written by: Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi 
Directed by: Shane Black

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-nice-guys-2016.pdf
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This week, Madison & Jeremy are just trying to make it to the next season! 

Listen in as Jeremy is perplexed by Madison's affinity for what he affectionally refers to as 'Bonanza with much more murder', hear Madison espouse the virtues of our Lord & Savior Beth Dutton, and join us for a collective eye roll as we realize that somehow in 2020 we still can't cast Native folks for Native rolls! So slap on some spurs and pull that Stetson down tight cause diving into the toxicity of American Exceptionalism with YELLOWSTONE!

(Spoilers: It's actually a whole lot better than you think it would be. You should totally check it out!) 

Written by: Taylor Sheridan
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/yellowstone-101-daybreak-2018.pdf
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This week, Madison & Jeremy will believe in you, all of their lives! 

Listen in as Madison questions why she relates so hard with drunk E.T., try not to mock Jeremy as he weeps over a puppet, and marvel how work together to solve an age old question: HOW IN THE HELL DID E.T. COME BACK TO LIFE? Grab your Greedo figures and pop a couple Reeses' Pieces because we are talking E.T. the EXTRA TERRESTRIAL! 

Written by: Mellissa Mathison
Directed by: Steven Spielberg 

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/script/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-1982
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This week, Madison & Jeremy are LOUSY F@*&ING SOFTBALL PLAYERS! 

We are joined on our first GUEST CHOICE episode by blogger, critic, and all around cinephile LUCIA BELLANGER to cross examine one of the best first screenplays of all time! Listen in as we question whether anyone but Tom Cruise could play Daniel Kaffee, hear us cringe at how Joanne Galloway is given the narrative short shrift, and allow Jeremy to get up on his soap box to proclaim the revisionist history of the "REINER WALK & TALK" as we dive headfirst into the cable TV mainstay A FEW GOOD MEN! 

Written by: Aaron Sorkin
Directed by: Rob Reiner

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/script/a-few-good-men-1992
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This week, Mads & Jeremy are rainbow gel pens in a sea of blue & black writing utensils. 

It’s Madison’s pick and ONCE AGAIN she brings a little slice of comedic joy into Jeremy’s life. Take a listen as we dive into a subversive teenage comedy that doesn’t even star teenagers, discuss how specificity of perspective is the key to compelling drama, and Jeremys ignorance of Middle School slang as we dive headfirst into the insanely binge-able ( and cringe-able) joy that is PEN15 (Ep. 101 - First Day)! 

Written by: Maya Erskine & Anna Konkle & Sam Svibleman
Directed by: Daniel Gray Longino

READ IT YOURSELF: http://thetelevisionpilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Pen15_1x01_-_First_Day.pdf

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This week, Madison and Jeremy learn the story of Right Hand/Left Hand! 

We dive into one of the most evergreen films of the past half century that is sadly just as relevant today as it was in 1989.  Spike Lee's masterpiece of racial tension on one hot day on one block in Brooklyn remains a hallmark of craft AND message. Listen as we talk about narrative structure of day in the life movies, how Spike Lee creates characters that have a mind of their own, AND how this film impacted our perspectives on race in America as we dive into DO THE RIGHT THING (1989). 

AND THAT'S THE TRUTH RUTH! 

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/do-the-right-thing-1989.pdf

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This week, Jeremy & Mads learn the subtle art of courtship via washing machine and familial diplomacy via drunken revelry! 

Listen as we breakdown the Pilot of the American TV series based on the British TV series that proves once and for all that a spoonful of empathy can make even the most dysfunctional family lovable with 'SHAMELESS'.

Written by: Paul Abbot and John Wells
Directed by: John Wells

READ IT YOURSELF: https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/shameless-101-pilot-2011.pdf

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