·69· Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Two years ago we talked about Dirty Dancing.
One year ago a dear listener emailed us to request we cover Dirty Dancing’s 2004 sequel.
And just one week ago we finally watched Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and got together to talk about it.
This is that talk. You’ll be happy to know — it’s less than four hours.
Beloved friend/superfan/Jane Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff joins us for the not-so-heavily contested debate of whether Havana Nights should get the illustrious Houseman Trophy ? — and if we should rename it the “Miller Trophy,” after our Havana heroine Katey Miller (spoiler-hint: yeah nah).

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·67· After Forever

To close out Pride month, we are appropriately proud to bring you something a little bit different. Not so much chick, not so much flick — we wanted to spotlight a new queer web series currently streaming on Amazon, After Forever.

Joining us for the entire discussion is costar of the series Mitchell Anderson, known also as the founder of Atlanta’s great MetroFresh restaurant, Ross Werkman on Party of Five, and one of the sexiest TV doctors of the last 20 years (People, 2005), among other things.

We were delighted and honored to have Mitchell on to talk about this great short series, his experience as an out actor in the television industry, and yes, his favorite chick flicks. Easily one of the sexiest podcast guests of the last 20 years (Falling in Love Montage, 2018).

Watch or learn more about After Forever: afterforevertheseries.com.

Buy Mitchell’s book, Food & Thoughthttp://metrofreshatl.com/midtown/store/

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·66· Kissing Jessica Stein

It’s listener’s choice this time as we delve into the bi-curious indie rom-com Kissing Jessica Stein.

Super-fan/friend Lauren DeBlasi (of upcoming podcasts TBD and also TBD!) joins us as we joyfully unpack Jessica Stein’s considerable baggage. We think she’s a very nice girl.

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·65· Imagine Me & You

We go for an almost very traditional rom-com for the second week of Pride month, 2005’s Imagine Me & You. And who’s better to discuss this movie with us than the very people who first suggested it, one year ago? We’ve got our second fiance(e) guest pairing, gay best friends of the show, Allyson and Mariela!
We had a gay old time, and we hope you do too. You know, we want you to be happy. More than anything else, we want to be the cause of happiness in you.

And if you’re in Aurora, IL on June 17th, join Allyson and Mariela for Aurora’s first ever pride!

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·64· But I’m a Cheerleader

2! 4! 6! 8! No more Matt McConaughate!
8! 6! 4! 2! Love for LGBTQ(+)!

Happy Pride, FiLM buffs!
Queer stories have been neglected in our chosen genre and on our podcast for way too long; it’s time to parade them out and put them in the spotlight they deserve. And this is just the beginning.
For the first of our four Pride month entries, we’re talking about cult favorite But I’m a Cheerleader with our old friends Kat (whom you might remember from our Fifty Shades of Grey episode) and Whitney (whom you will likely eventually remember from our upcoming-on-date-TBD The Notebook episode). We talk about some pretty gay shit.

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