Episode 95: Election

It might not be the perfect back-to-school film choice, but we went for it nonetheless. Election, the 1999 black comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, is our main topic of discussion this week.

Also discussed: Lisa's trip to Spain, depressing sex scenes in film, and Emma Klein's novel, The Girls.

 

Show notes:

Spanish eel salad:

https://northernexposurespain.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/angulas-the-caviar-of-northern-spain-highlight-of-a-foodie-meal/   A guide to travelling vegetarian and vegan in Spain: http://www.totallyspaintravel.com/2016/06/20/vegetarian-and-vegan-in-spain/   Election trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBgM_Kw6PSM   The triumph of Tracy Flick? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opinion/campaign-stops/the-triumph-of-tracy-flick.html   The Glass Screen: Hillary Clinton, Tracy Flick, and the reclaiming of female ambition https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/hillary-clinton-tracy-flick-and-the-reclaiming-of-ambition/486389/   Alexander Payne IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668247/   Newspaper story that inspired the novel: http://people.com/archive/uncrowned-queen-vol-38-no-18/   Election original ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhezOPupmj4  

You Must Remember this Dead Blondes: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/5/9/dead-blondes-opening-montage-credits   Recommendations:   Lisa:  The Girls, by Emma Klein https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26893819-the-girls   Andrea: JB the First Lady, Meant to Be https://jbthefirstlady.bandcamp.com/album/meant-to-be

Music credits:

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0

Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst From Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0

"Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 3.0