Ep 3.13 — Altered States (pychosomatic atavistic distraint [breathe with me!])

Oh hai!

This week we’re wrapping March Hysterical Madness by discussing the 1980 film Altered States, starring William Hurt, Bob Balaban & Blair Brown.
This episode was recorded the day before the passing of William Hurt & two days before we learned he was a pretty shitty asshole, so that topic is not discussed in this episode and we’re sorry about that!

We do however discuss the ways that this film approaches white academia, relationship dynamics, and Z says goodbye to their uterus as it no longer exists (though it was still kicking & screaming during the recording of this episode), plus we drop a new TikTok challenge!

2017 Daily Beast article on accusations against William Hurt from partners (CW, obvs)

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Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp
Outro: Sepultura performing Altered States