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Movie Meltdown - Episode 545

This episode, we welcome back Dick Starr for another horror club "promo episode" - available to everyone! Join us as we discuss 2005's Wolf Creek as well as post-millennium horror movies and all the different things that are waiting to kill you in Australia.

And while we realize the real horror is living in the world of video calls, we also address… Robert Englund, breakfast foods and Lucha masks, something unnatural is going on here, High Tension, Tom and Jerry, Greg McLean, watching new releases streaming, thunderstorms, buffets or salad bars, this is his playground, House of 1000 Corpses, John Jarratt, Wrong Turn, Hostel, to be done remotely, society has to be kept apart, you remember Outbreak from the ‘90s, it got away from me, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, making you feel stranded and helpless, Behind the Mask, Shaun of the Dead, Sonic the Hedgehog, in the not too distant future, being able to pivot, the one you just shoved off a cliff, U Turn, Eli Roth, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, then the world has to keep going, too comfortable doing what he’s doing, a giant cloud of spiders and being the final girl. 

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the original “Wolf Creek”, so go watch the movie before you listen. 

“...they have no idea, the predator that they are dealing with.”

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In the public release of February 2019's Patreon bonus episode, Jaye discusses the news story from January 2019 about the confrontation in Washington DC, between Catholic high school students from Northern Kentucky and a Native American elder. How does a seemingly straightforward news story, complete with video, morph into a controversy dividing society along the familiar lines of partisanship and race?

Jaye happens to live in the same metropolitan area the school is located, and she gives her unique insight on the events and underlying issues, as well as the symbolism of the Make America Great Again hats worn by the students. For the public release, Jaye also provides an update of the incident, and reframes it in light of Black Lives Matter and America's current reckoning with its treatment of black and indigenous people of color (BIPOC).

Citations

Artino, Lauren. 2020. "CNN Settles with Sandmann $800 Million Suit." Fox 19 Now. January 7. https://www.fox19.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-nick-sandmann/

Artist, Timyka. 2018. “Jake Walter Registered as Juvenile Sex Offender Before New Rape Accusation.” WCPO. December 13. https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/jake-walter-registered-as-juvenile-sex-offender-before-new-rape-accusation

“Dad Feels Frustration, Guilt Over Son’s Fate.” The Orlando Sentinel. April 15, 1994; p. A-1.

“Ex-Basketball Star Accused of Raping Woman Multiple Times Faces Judge.” WLWT. December 17, 2018. https://www.wlwt.com/article/ex-basketball-star-accused-of-raping-woman-multiple-times-faces-judge/25602055

“Fay Asks for Prayers; Clinton Calls the Caning ‘A Mistake.’” The Orlando Sentinel. April 15, 1994; p. A-12.

Ford, Dana. 2013. “Texas Teen Ethan Couch Gets 10 Years’ Probation for Driving Drunk, Killing 4.” CNN. December 12. https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/index.html

Freiburger, Calvin. 2019. “Breaking: Covington Bishop Apologizes to Pro-Life Students: ‘We Allowed Ourselves to be Bullied.’” Life Site News. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-covington-bishop-apologizes-to-pro-life-students-we...allowed-ours

Lowry, Rich. 2019. “In Defense of the MAGA Hat.” Politico. January 24. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/24/lowry-covington-maga-hats-224215

Millward, Evan. 2018. “Basketball Jerseys get Kings Team Booted from Recreational League.” WCPO. January 8. https://www.wcpo.com/sports/basketball-jerseys-get-kings-team-booted-from-recreational-league

Morgan-Smith, Kia. 2019. “Covington Catholic Students Defend Racist School Culture and Blackface Taunting of Players.” The Grio. January 24. https://thegrio.com/2019/01/24/covington-catholic-students-defend-racist-school-culture-and-blackface-taunting-of-players/

“Outrage Follows Elder High’s Racial Badgering at Prep Game.” The Cincinnati Herald. February 2018. http://thecincinnatiherald.com/2018/02/outrage-follows-elder-highs-racial-badgering-prep-game/

Park, Madison. 2018. “Ethan Couch of ‘Affluenza’ Case Released from Jail.” CNN. April 2. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/us/ethan-couch-affluenza-jail-release/index.html

Salam, Maya, and Matthew Haag. 2018. “Atrocities Under Kim Jong-un: Indoctrination, Prison Gulags, Executions.” The New York Times. June 11. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html

Schneider, Grace. 2019. “Louisville PR Firm Played a Key Role in Covington Catholic Controversy.” Louisville Courier-Journal. January 21. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/01/21/covington-catholic-runswitch-pr-helped-student-in-controversial-video/2638400002/

Stewart, Emily. 2019. “How the Story of a Clash Between a Boy in a MAGA Hat and a Native American Elder Unfolded.” Vox. January 29. https://www.vox.com/2019/1/22/18192908/covington-catholic-video-nick-sandmann-maga

Strachan, Jessica. 2018. “Here’s the Richest Town in Michigan.” Patch. June 1. https://patch.com/michigan/grossepointe/here-s-richest-town-michigan

Stutzman, Rene. 2013. “Zimmerman Attorneys Say Jurors Should Hear About Trayvon’s Pot Use.” The Orlando Sentinel. May 22; p. B-3.

Wolf, Cam. 2019. “The MAGA Hat is Still an Object of Hate.” GQ. January 26. https://www.gq.com/story/maga-hat-march-for-life

Music:

Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/

Inevitable composed by Diamond Ortiz

Stranger Danger composed by Francis Preve