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After facing backlash over being cast as an Asian character in Ghost in the Shell and a trans man in Rub & Tug, Scarlett Johansson stated in an interview that “as an actor I should be able to play any person, or any tree, or any animal.”

In response, Asian actor Chris Grace decided that he should play Scarlett Johansson. His one-person show, Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson features him in a number of absurd wigs discussing Johansson’s career and Hollywood’s long history of whitewashing.

We talk to Grace about this hilarious and poignant show, which is now available to stream on Dropout.

This week’s music:

• Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
• Interstitial – “Vishnu Meets Funk” and “Ancient Ritual” by Lucas Perný & Miloslav Kollar

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. It’s October, so it’s time to panic … with a month full of Satanic Panic films!

Joel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to 1975 film The Devil’s Rain, which features Ernest Borgnine as the leader of a satanic cult and William Shatner as our hero.

The Devil's Rain (1975) 
Directed by: Robert Fuest 
Written by: Gabe Essoe & James Ashton and Gerald Hopman 
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, William Shatner,
Tom Skerritt, John Travolta, Anton LaVey

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. It’s October, so it’s time to panic … with a month full of Satanic Panic films!

Joel and Andy are joined by anthropology professor Dr. Wendy Fonarow. Together, they discuss Mazes and Monsters, a made-for-TV movies from the 80s where a thinly-veiled Dungeons and Dragons type RPG makes Tom Hanks go crazy.

Mazes and Monsters (1982) 
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern 
Written by: Tom Lazarus (teleplay), Rona Jaffe (novel) 
Starring: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, 
Chris Makepeace, Lloyd Bochner

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. And it’s September … which means it is once again Nicolas Cage Month!

Joel and Andy close out the month with Next, a film where Nicolas Cage has the ability to see a few minutes into the future who must use this power to stop a terrorist attack.

Next (2007) 
Directed by: Lee Tamahori 
Written by: Gary Goldman and Jonathan Hensleigh and Paul Bernbaum
 (screenplay), Philip K. Dick (novel) 
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas 
Kretschmann, Tory Kittles

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. And it’s September … which means it is once again Nicolas Cage Month!

This week, Joel and Andy watch Left Behind, a film where Christians are raptured and Nic Cage is a pilot who is … you guessed it, left behind.

Left Behind (2014) 
Directed by: Vic Armstrong 
Written by: Paul Lalonde & John Patus (screenplay), 
Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (novel) 
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, 
Nicky Whelan, Jordin Sparks, Lea Thompson

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. And it’s September … which means it is once again Nicolas Cage Month!

This week, Joel and Andy watch Joel Schumacher’s home invasion film Trespass, which sees Nic Cage and Nicole Kidman squaring off against a chaotic group of thieves. The two hosts also accidentally write the soon-to-be-classic folk ballad “You Can’t Take It With You When You Been Died.”

Trespass (2011) 
Directed by: Joel Schumacher 
Written by: Karl Gajdusek 
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn,
Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. And it’s September … which means it is once again Nicolas Cage Month!

Joel and Andy kick things off with The Retirement Plan, a 2023 film where Nic Cage plays a retiree with a particular set of skills who must protect his granddaughter from the bad men sent to kidnap her.

The Retirement Plan (2023)
Directed by: Tim Brown
Written by: Tim Brown
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Thalia Campbell, Ron Perlman,
 Jackie Earle Haley, Ernie Hudson

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Before diving into Nicolas Cage Month, Joel and Andy are taking a brief interlude to discuss one of the most infamous films ever made … Caligula.

The film, which boasted a script from acclaimed writer Gore Vidal and an impressive cast that included Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud. was shot in 1976, but wasn’t released in theaters until 1979.

Penthouse Magazine founder Bob Guccione edited the final cut; splicing in hardcore pornography. Most of those involved distanced themselves from the project.

Now, a newly remastered and edited “Ultimate Cut” hopes to restore the film to its original vision. Joel and Andy watch the new cut to find its silver linings.

Caligula (1979) 
Directed by: Tinto Brass 
Written by: Gore Vidal 
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, 
Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of August, they are heading back to school.

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by The Stoop Storytelling Series‘ Jessica Henkin to discuss Mona Lisa Smile, a film with an all-star cast that definitely aspired to be the next Dead Poets Society.

Mona Lisa Smile (2003) 
Directed by: Mike Newell 
Written by: Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal 
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, 
Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, Marcia Gay Harden,
 John Slattery

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of August, they are heading back to school.

This week, Joel and Andy have two words for you: The Chaperone. It’s a school trip heist film starring Triple H and Yeardley Smith that is exactly as bizarre as it sounds.

The Chaperone (2011) 
Directed by: Stephen Herek 
Written by: S.J. Roth 
Starring: Paul Levesque, Ariel Winter, Kevin Corrigan, José Zúñiga,
 Annabeth Gish, Yeardley Smith, Enrico Colantoni

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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