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Optimism Vaccine
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Optimism Vaccine’s panel of experts and idiots explore the dingy crevices between pop culture and forgotten trash in a never-ending quest to celebrate your guilty pleasures in the world of cinema and beyond.
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Suicide In The Entertainment Industry (The Films of John Waters Part 4)
1w ago01:37:52Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Pecker (1998), Cecil B. Demented (2000) and A Dirty Shame (2004)We're talking Minions and John Waters' late career attempt to recapture his degenerate underground aura... to varying degrees of success.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Manifest Destiny (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 4)
2w ago01:26:06Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Monstrosity (1987), The Weirdo (1989) and Surgikill (1989)Milligan makes one last bid for fame and glory, as he moves to California to topple the Hollywood establishment. It doesn't go especially well, if you can believe it. Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →4215 Pussy Way (The Films of John Waters Part 3)
3w ago01:26:11Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Hairspray (1988), Cry-Baby (1990) and Serial Mom (1994)Waters weathers the loss of his muse and becomes a true pop culture icon as we enter the 1990s. Also: Ponderosa.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →We're Not in Staten Island Anymore! (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 3)
Jun 1501:07:50Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Nightbirds (1970), The Body Beneath (1970) and The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)This week Andy boards the tube and crosses the Chunnel to lend a touch of American crass to the London film scene.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Life in Mortville (The Films of John Waters Part 2)
Jun 801:08:01Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Female Trouble (1974), Desperate Living (1977) and Polyester (1981)Did John Waters predict the fame addiction that arose in the wake of social media? Absolutely. But his version was a lot more fun. Divine/Massey 2028!Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Milligan's Island (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 2)
May 3101:11:03Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Torture Dungeon (1969), Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1972) and Blood (1973)This week we're looking at Milligan's most prolific period and his partnership with William Mishkin, as he abandons any arthouse ambitions for a slew of barely legible grindhouse cheapies.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →For Sadie, Katie, and Les (The Films of John Waters Part 1)
May 2401:10:59Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Mondo Trasho (1969), Multiple Maniacs (1970) and Pink Flamingos (1972)We've decided that the best way to break up our Andy Milligan venture is by looking at a far more gleeful trash peddler. It's well past time that we dug into the Manson-obsessed cinematic underbelly of Baltimore and the inimitable John Waters.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →You'll Never Have Peace as Long as You're Alive (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 1)
May 1901:29:59Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Vapors (1965), Seeds AKA Seeds of Sin (1968) and The Ghastly Ones (1968)Steve has finally bullied us into covering his matinee idol, Andy Milligan. Does he live up to his reputation as one of the worst filmmakers in the history of the medium? Well, he's certainly one of the angriest.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Chris Columbus: History's Greatest Monster?
May 1201:18:39Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Find the Lady (1976), Volunteers (1985) and Only the Lonely (1991)Remember these John Candy classics? We sure don't.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →I Am the Future (Class of 19XX)
May 501:24:42Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Class of 1984 (1982), Class of 1999 (1990) and Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)This one goes out to the dads and grads.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
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