Cinema Beef Podcast : The Hips Always Get The Lips (Roustabout/Cry-Baby)

About this episode

The episode discusses the films Roustabout and Cry-Baby, exploring themes of carnival hype and mid-20s abandonment issues.

Rebel Without A Pause Month begins with a singing a swinging time. Mike and Gary are joined by special guest Richard Schmidt of Hello! This Is The Doomed Show to talk about two such films. It's carnival hype and mid-20s abandonment issues with Roustabout featuring Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwick. Then, we have fast cars, cool kids and tight pants with John Waters' tribute to such movies being Cry-Baby. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Gary

Guest: Richard Schmidt

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Elvis Presley
• John Waters
• comedy
• abandonment issues
• carnival hype

Keywords

• Roustabout
• Cry-Baby
• Elvis Presley
• John Waters
• film discussion
• comedy podcast
• abandonment issues

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Roustabout, Cry-Baby

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