Paid in Puke S10E7: The Substance

About this episode

The episode discusses the body horror comedy 'The Substance' with guest Bettina McKelvey, exploring its themes and audience reactions.

On today's episode of Paid in Puke, we're mainlining Coralie Fargeat's 2024 body horror comedy, The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Special guest Bettina McKelvey joins the Pukettes to share our experiences with watching the unique and memorable piece of cinema. Trigger Warning: Body horror discussion and upsetting sound design. On Keggers with Kids, Baxter's 15-year-old gives their perspective from the younger side of things. Guess what scene everybody, both young and old, related to HARD. We also fantasize about a beauty-neutral world and an unproblematic Oscars. And on the Lunchtime Poll, we cast our respective Sues.

People in this episode

Host: Paid in Puke

Guest: Bettina McKelvey

Topics covered

• body horror
• comedy
• film review
• youth perspective
• Oscars discussion

Keywords

• body horror
• The Substance
• Demi Moore
• Margaret Qualley
• film review
• comedy
• Oscars

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Substance

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