S01E17 He's a big velour human

Jeffrey and Christopher throw shade and spoil two cult classics. Jeffrey walks the ball rooms with the 1990 documentary 'Paris is Burning' while Christopher dances around the fallout following the 1978 Martin Scorsese concert film about The Band, 'The Last Waltz'.

Well here we are with another episode, still reviewing two things a pop! More bang for your buck, really. Enjoy how we continue our amazing streak of not being super contentious, not nailing intros, not being cancelled due to not being famous enough despite the heat seeking missiles that are our takes and falling apart in the final five minutes trying to describe the current state of our socials! 

A fantastic article by Steven Hyden, quoted generously during this episode! Indeed, two paragraphs worth! https://uproxx.com/movies/the-last-waltz-the-band-best-thanksgiving-movie/

Hanif Abdurraqib’s beautiful essay shows him to be another true believer in The Last Waltz being the best Thanksgiving movie. A poignant piece of writing to point you towards this week especially as MTV News just announced its closure: https://www.mtv.com/news/9tg60p/last-waltz-thanksgiving 

Steven Hyden and Hanif bond over The Last Waltz, in audio form! Much like your boys here on the Appraisal Hour: https://omny.fm/shows/celebration-rock/33-how-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-with-the-last-wal?in_playlist=podcast

The groundbreaking documentary Paris Is Burning can be watched in full on YouTube, which is always a win for our loyal fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k70tlLetqqw

Reading up on the context of this film in the drag world (and the culture at large) is fascinating, in retrospect! 

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/06/paris-is-burning-documentary-drag-jennie-livingston-interview

And the debate continues to rage on, all these years later: 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/24/burning-down-the-house-debate-paris-is-burning

Fancy some music from Big Freedia? Of course you do: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1i5WWR?si=e6c1d8f5a4754101

Came out of nowhere this did, getting a shout out. I suppose it might as well be our song of the week then. Hope There’s Someone by Antony and the Johnsons, performed live on Later with Jools Holland, our fave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avabPY3XgRc

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