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Paid in Puke S3E9: Lynn Shelton Special

On this episode of Paid in Puke, we pay tribute to the late Seattle film auteur, Lynn Shelton, who recently passed away unexpectedly at the age of 54. We celebrate her career with 2013's Touchy Feely, which Lynn also wrote, and 2014's Laggies, written by Andrea Seigel. 

Touchy Feely stars Rosemarie Dewitt and Elliot Page*. Laggies stars Kiera Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz. They share common themes of women who are at an existential crossroads and must take drastic steps to move forward. 

Lynn was very beloved, not just in Seattle, but by all who knew her. Rest in Power, Lynn. 

*This episode was recorded and released before Elliot came out as trans.

 

Paid in Puke S3E8: Reality Bites

On today's episode, we pay a visit to the GenX saturated year 1994 with Ben Stiller's directorial debut, Reality Bites, starring pod fav Winona Ryder and Janeane Garofalo. It doesn't hold up quite as well as we'd hoped as we learn in what is perhaps our longest Hot Probs segment to date. Is Troy Dire the sh*ttiest love interest of all time? Just how bad is it that Helen Childress' script sidelined the one gay character and made the AIDS crisis all about white women? 

Still, Keggers With Kids reveals that the youth of today can find some things to like about this film even if they will never understand what Lelaina sees in Troy. 

Paid in Puke S3E7: Eighth Grade

On today's episode, we relive Eighth Grade with Bo Burnham's 2018 dramedy, starring Elsie Fisher and Josh Hamilton. We discuss the horrors of co-ed pool parties, class superlatives, getting surprised by your crush, and that awful scene in the car... 

There's a lot of dark territory here, so we lighten things up in the Lunchtime Poll with a little game of M.A.S.H., and Baxter's husband and kids provide some nice constant background noise because quarantine. 

 

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses sexual assault in vague terms. 

Paid in Puke S3E6 - The House of Yes

In this episode of PiP, we discuss Mark Waters' (Mean Girls) 1997 indie black comedy, The House of Yes, starring Parker Posey and Tori Spelling. 

Among our topics: Was there anything good about the Kennedys? Is it worse to do incest with your twin than a different member of your family? Is Parker Posey tired from running circles around her co-stars? 

In our Lunchtime Poll, we reminisce about the era-defining news stories that shaped us, and try very hard to think of a positive news story from the last twenty years. 

Paid in Puke S3E5: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

On this episode of Paid in Puke, we say "I love you," to Robert Aldrich's 1962 "Hag Horror" camp classic, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as two washed up performers cloistered together in their Hollywood dwelling. We discuss Davis' master class in committing to a role and Crawford's inability to elicit any sort of sympathy for her character. 

The Probs are extra Hot in this one, but extremely entertaining all the same. Check out our Facebook page this week for some pics of Baxter when she dressed as Baby Jane Hudson for Halloween (and nobody got it). 

PiP will take a brief mid-season hiatus but we'll be back with the second half of season 3 on June 23rd. Until then, stay safe and sane. 

Paid in Puke S3E4: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

In today's episode, we put out for Lou Adler's 1982 Riot Grrrrl origin story, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, starring Diane Lane and Laura Dern as baby punks. We talk about makeup and fashion goals, re-appropriating the attentions of patriarchal assholes, and we somehow tangent our way to St. Elsewhere snow globe endings. 

Editor's note: We experienced many technical difficulties during this episode so the sound quality is worse than usual. (How bad is it?) It's so bad, we had to make a Max Headroom reference. S-s-s-s-sorry. That's podcasting during uncertain times for ye. 

Paid in Puke S3E3: Tully

On today's episode, we're psychotic for Jason Reitman's 2018 motherhood dramedy, Tully, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis. We discuss how motherhood seems to turn women into public property in the eyes of others, and how what a woman really needs (besides a little help with the dishes) is for people to stop judging them for one second. 

In our Lunchtime Poll, we reveal what unpleasantness we would gladly hand off to an imaginary friend. 

Paid in Puke S3E2: Superstar

On today's episode, we get in touch with our inner Superstar with Bruce McCulloch's 1999 comedy staring Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher!

It's a celebration of horny misfits! It's also Tangent City as we get into what happened with the Switched at Birth families and try to explain Armageddon and Tom Green to modern audiences. 

Our Lunchtime Poll is best expressed in a monologue from our favorite made for TV movies. 

Paid in Puke S3E1: Terms of Endearment

On the series three premiere, we celebrate Mother's Day with some choice words for James L. Brooks' 1983 drama, Terms of Endearment, starring Debra Winger and Shirley MacLaine. It's chock full of Hot Probs, but there are also many, MANY hard relate moments for all of us. 

We get also really person in the Lunchtime Poll when we reveal which TV/Film moms most closely resemble our own matriarchs. 

Editor's Note: Series 3 of Paid in Puke is recorded in quarantine via Zoom so our sound quality has taken a slight dip. Our apologies. But the show must go on!

Paid in Puke S2E10: Ghost World

In our final episode of Series Two, we fan girl all over Terry Zwigoff's 2001 film, Ghost World, based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. Amy shares some personal correspondence with Mr. Enid Coleslaw himself.

We also have what may be the longest Eskimo segment since Heathers, and our Lunchtime Poll turns into a discussion about problematic favs, but we do our best to end on a high note. 

Paid in Puke returns in May with a Mother's Day episode about Terms of Endearment! In the meantime, stay safe, healthy and try not to puke!