Genre Reveal Party!

Dave Maher and Madeline Lane-McKinley

Examining TV and movies through the lenses of politics and genre: its definition, its limits, and what we can learn by exploding them. Madeline is a writer, cultural critic, and the author of 'Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times.' Dave is a comedian and actor, who has appeared on 'This American Life' and FX's 'The Bear.' Sometimes it's just them. Sometimes they have guests. Each episode, one person chooses a tv show or movie to discuss. At the end, we do a "genre reveal" where we name the highly specific genre the movie or series belongs to, such as Meta-Clusterfuck, Child Liberationist Anti-State Vision, or Hoodiecore. There will be spoilers, partially because it’s our goal that you don’t need to have watched the thing to enjoy the podcast.

  1. 07/26/2024

    The Brat Pack (St. Elmo's Fire and BRATS) with guest Eleanor Russell: We Just Don't Even Know Who to Be Anymore

    For our final episode of this season on school films, Eleanor Russell helps us emotionally process the recent documentary about the Brat Pack, Brats (2024), and St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Spoilers: self-indulgence, repression, saxophones, sweat, swirlies, the "wet look is in," not getting over shit, Joel Schumacher's filmography, cocaine, Georgetown, Demi Moore's mansion, most of these guys are rapists, matching denim shirts, undeserving of incredible original scores, stalking women, incredible apartments. Follow Eleanor Russell @eleanoir on Twitter. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    2h 10m

  2. 07/19/2024

    The Faculty with guest Kayte Terry: We're Discontent

    This week we're joined by Kayte Terry, host of Tender Subject and Fangs for the Memories (a Buffy and horror podcast), to discuss The Faculty (1998). Spoilers: horror in the late '90s, Jon Stewart teaches science, Dawson's Creek talk, reverse She's All That-ing, it's good to do drugs, blondes from out of town, horrible use of hair gel, gay boys on TV, misunderstood endings. Check out Kayte's podcasts @fangspodcast and @tendersubjectpod on Instagram Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    1h 32m

  3. 07/12/2024

    Bottoms: We're, Like, the Main Guy

    This week we covered the most contemporary film from our season "School Days," the queer-absurdist high school sex comedy Bottoms (2023). Spoilers: murder, blood, "main guys," cheerleaders, absurdism, making fun of skinny culture / being body positive and making the joke anyway, pineapple juice, beware of those who have cell phones. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    1h 39m

  4. 07/05/2024

    More Graduation Movies (Ghost World and The Graduate) with guest Jasmine Bridges: We Want You to Know How Much We Appreciate This

    We talked about even more graduation movies, this week with Genre Reveal Party series regular Jasmine Bridges. We paired two unlikely films in a double feature, and found a lot of connective tissue... Spoilers: Jasmine and Madeline and their Ghost World thing, we've got problems with Ben, movies that end with bus scenes, ambivalence about adulthood, generational traitors, going from one diner to the next diner, dying your hair twice in a day, getting married too young, swimming pools, missing out on the rev. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    1h 42m

  5. 06/28/2024

    Graduation Movies (Reality Bites and Kicking and Screaming (1995)): We Do Nothing

    This week we talk about two canonical gen-x graduation movies: Reality Bites and Kicking and Screaming (no, not the one with Will Ferrell). Spoilers: 90s bisexual cinema, friendship cinema, lots of kinds of "cinema," geriatric millennial talk, chain smoking, Troy was a fuckboi but maybe Madeline forgives him because he gives good apology, more chain smoking, Noah Baumbach's directorial debut, MTV, gas stations and the food we buy at them, AIDS, jobs, and what do they mean by "reality" anyways man? Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    2h 3m

  6. 06/21/2024

    More Student Uprisings (if.... and Class of 1984) with guest Sean O'Brien: We Like Tigers

    It's our second double feature of student uprising films, including perhaps the most legendary movie in the genre, 1968's if... And Class of 1984 is also here. Joining us is Sean O’Brien, a writer and researcher who teaches at the University of Bristol. Spoilers: animal sounds, the worst movie we’ve ever watched for the podcast, the young Michael J Fox, ammunition, bad punks, vengeance, Mr Holland’s Opus but murderous. Check out Sean's lecture series for 87 Press. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    2h 34m

  7. 06/14/2024

    Student Uprisings (Over the Edge and Bambule) with guest E Conner: We Only Got One Law

    This week we talk about two excellent films from the 1970s about two very different contexts of student uprising. We're joined by E Conner, editor of The Weakly and TANC organizer in the Bay Area. Spoilers: teen runaways, rioting, Meinhof talk, the young Matt Dillon, being young and doing crimes, movies that end in the back of a bus with ambivalent facial expressions, German prison slang, poor Johnny, don't trust adults, more rumors about book titles. Follow E @braidssssssssss on Instagram and @E_C__ on Twitter, and check out The Weakly @thee_weakly on Instagram. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    1h 60m

  8. 06/07/2024

    School Scandals (May December and Notes on a Scandal) with guest Milo Muise: We Don't Think We Have Enough Hot Dogs

    This week we're joined by Milo Muise to discuss what we're calling the "School Scandals Double Feature," May December (2023) and Notes on a Scandal (2006). Both films deal with the sexualization of the teacher/student relationship, abusive power dynamics, obsession, and divas. We felt this was a fascinating double feature, but we also flirt with the idea of this as a trilogy with Tar (2022). Maybe we'll talk about Tar in a future episode... Spoilers: Susan Sontag, obsession, genres vs. sensibilities, diarists are creepy, Julianne Moore went for that lisp, Todd Haynes-let's meet up in Portland and please also employ Dave, acting is embarrassing, #justiceforCharlesMelton, the concept creep of 'camp,' scenes in mirrors, the clash of obvious metaphors and repressive characters is the gap between interpretation and representation, lots of talk about artifice, pet stores, failed attempts to discuss Tar. Milo Muise is a writer and educator based in Portland, OR. Learn about their writing and more here: https://milormuise.wixsite.com/mrmew Follow Milo @mil0_mil0_mil0 on Instagram Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals. Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife. --- Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley

    2h 2m
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Examining TV and movies through the lenses of politics and genre: its definition, its limits, and what we can learn by exploding them. Madeline is a writer, cultural critic, and the author of 'Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times.' Dave is a comedian and actor, who has appeared on 'This American Life' and FX's 'The Bear.' Sometimes it's just them. Sometimes they have guests. Each episode, one person chooses a tv show or movie to discuss. At the end, we do a "genre reveal" where we name the highly specific genre the movie or series belongs to, such as Meta-Clusterfuck, Child Liberationist Anti-State Vision, or Hoodiecore. There will be spoilers, partially because it’s our goal that you don’t need to have watched the thing to enjoy the podcast.

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  • Creator
    Dave Maher and Madeline Lane-McKinley
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 Dave Maher and Madeline Lane-McKinley
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    Genre Reveal Party!