Episodes
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
07. Love Never Dies
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Tracy and Reagan talk about all the things wrong with the Phantom of the Opera sequel Love Never Dies. For some reason, old man Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber decided he needed to make this thing and we decided we needed to see it. Come for the giant, dancing skeletal rat monster, stay for the take down of Christine and Phantom's star-crossed love… Anyway, Tracy doesn't agree with me (even people who are usually right can sometimes be wrong) but there is no way the original musical and this show are in the same continuity. This is alternate universe Phantom, Christine, and Raoul. That's the only way the plot works, Tracy. The only way.
(Abusing my synopsis-writing privileges… Mwahahaha…)
-Reagan
Credits:
Opening and closing music: Circus Bender by The Polish Ambassador
Positivity Corner music: Oh! By Jingo! by All-Star Trio
People Agree With Us music: ¡Qué Paciencia! by Los Sundayers
Also, we added a couple clips in post-production that we didn't have planned, so we don't give them credit as they occur, so let's do that now. These are:
- The audio from the Andrew Lloyd Webber interview, which is from this video, "Andrew Lloyd Webber on Love Never Dies", from the official Love Never Dies YouTube account.
- The clip of two people intro-ing Love Never Dies is from this Let's Put on a Show episode.
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
06. Heathers
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
This time we decide to shake up our usual format by talking about everything that's wrong with Heathers, the 1988 movie directed by Michael Lehmann and starring. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. "Last time it was a movie from 2005 and now you're doing a movie from 1988??" I hear you asking. No, see, it's topical and relevant(er) because Heathers the Musical premiered Off Broadway in 2014 and it is through this lens that the original flaws in Heathers the movie become so apparent.
Well. Now that I've made that sound super exciting and not dry at all, get ready for an episode chalk full of opinions and clips from Heathers the Musical because Tracy wanted this to be an Everything That's Right episode, but that's not our name...
Credits:
Opening and closing music: Circus Bender by The Polish Ambassador
Positivity Corner music: Oh! By Jingo! by All-Star Trio
People Agree With Us music: ¡Qué Paciencia! by Los Sundayers
Also, in People Agree with Us we included a clip from. WHY HEATHERS IS FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! by Amy Lovatt without crediting it as it was used. Apologies.
Friday Jul 21, 2017
05. Rent (the movie adaptation)
Friday Jul 21, 2017
Friday Jul 21, 2017
Channeling the wrath of yesteryear, Tracy and Reagan bring in special guest star Teresa as they discuss the missteps and disappointments of the Rent film adaptation, including the stupid reasons provided by the director for cutting an important song, the flattening of a major minor character, and Bon Jovi hair not being an adequate substitute for spiky punk rock boy hair.
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
04. Outlander on Starz
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Tracy and Reagan discuss the adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander book series to a tv show on the Starz network. Highlights include a frank discussion of the flaws and successes of the wedding night sex scene, why epilogues are terrible, the word "handles" used to describe Twitter usernames just like someone who hasn't used the internet since the days of IRC, and "positivities" as a noun, because sometimes you just have to go with the word that your brain gives you instead of pausing to find the right one. This isn't an essay, it is a podcast. Ye be warned.
Credits:
Opening and closing music: Circus Bender by The Polish Ambassador
Positivity Corner music: Oh! By Jingo! by All-Star Trio
People Agree With Us music: ¡Qué Paciencia! by Los Sundayers
Also, we try to cite our sources before we reference them in the podcast itself but we missed one, so the interview clip we use with Toby Menzies can be found here.
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
04-a. Plot Summary Addendum to Outlander on Starz
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
A plot summary in case you are unfamiliar with the Outlander books or tv show. (You see how Tracy suddenly cares about doing plot summaries when it's a subject -she's- passionate about. Don't think I didn't notice.)
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
03. Holiday Potpourri
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Tracy and Reagan discuss all the things wrong with some beloved holiday traditions, including A Christmas Carol, New Year's Eve, and boring jewelry ads.
Friday Aug 19, 2016
02. Jurassic World
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Tracy and Reagan discuss the many things wrong with Jurassic World, with help from a very special (silent) guest.
Credits:
Opening and closing music: Circus Bender by The Polish Ambassador
Positivity Corner music: Oh! By Jingo! by All-Star Trio
People Agree With Us music: ¡Qué Paciencia! by Los Sundayers
Friday Jul 15, 2016
01-a. Plot Summary Addendum to Newsies on Broadway
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
A plot summary in case you do not have the entire plot of Newsies memorized.
Friday Jul 15, 2016
01. Newsies on Broadway
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
A thorough discourse on everything that's wrong with the Newsies on Broadway.