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Episode:

Hard Candy (aka AAAAGGGGHHHHH!) with Katie Schenkel
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 02:35:58
Publish Date: 2021-07-02 09:00:00
Description:

Fear Level: Terrifying, Existentially disconcerting
Trigger Warnings: Rape, pedophilia, grooming, body mutilation, violence against youths, predatory behavior, allusions to child molestation, extended suspense, implied gore 


Literally this whole field could be a trigger warning and it wouldn't be enough! Katie Schenkel joins us to talk about the Elliot Page / Patrick Wilson claustrophobic, nauseating, incredibly tense drama about grooming, child molestation, murder, revenge, and mutilation.

Topics of Discussion:

  • Oh boy
  • this is a heavy one
  • Discussions of pronouns
  • RIP Goldfrap
  • This ain't a cabin and it ain't in the woods
  • How to make a movie about sexualizing minors without sexualizing minors
  • JEFF IS SWEATING SO HARD!
  • Indiscram
  • Gritty?
  • Ohio, you bastards!
  • Judy Takuda's Malevolent Children
  • Elliot Page, acting champion


Recommendations:

  • Oldboy
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Gladiator
  • John Wick
  • Revenge
  • Lady Vengeance
  • Audition
  • Whip It!
  • Freeheld
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Parasite
  • Kill Bill Vol 1
  • Black Christmas (2019)
  • The Witches of Eastwick
  • 9 to 5
  • The Brave One
  • Jennifer's Body
  • Carrie
  • I Spit on Your Grave (for research, it's problematic and contrasts interestingly with Hard Candy)


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