Cut to Black Sean T. Collins & Gretchen Felker-Martin
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A podcast about how we experience television, by Sean T. Collins & Gretchen Felker-Martin.
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Episode 014: Prepare the Sistine Chapel
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Gretchen and Sean reunite to discuss Pope Pius XIII's address to the College of Cardinals in Paolo Sorrentino's The Young Pope, with lengthy digressions about The Sopranos, Roman Catholicism, "Sexy and I Know It," and our own miserable religious upbringings along the way.
(from The Young Pope Episode 5, written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino)
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Episode 013: The Altar
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Gretchen and Sean return to discuss the mysteries of faith explored in the climactic Little House on the Prairie episode "He Was Only Twelve (Part 2)." Yes, you read that right.
(from Little House on the Prairie Season 8, Episode 22: "He Was Only Twelve (Part 2)," written and directed by Michael Landon)
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Episode 012: Check It Out!
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In this episode, Gretchen and Sean discuss John C. Reilly's remarkable performance as the titular manchild in Tim & Eric's Check It Out! With Dr. Steve Brule.
(from Check It Out! 1x05: "Fear," w: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, and John C. Reilly, d: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, and Jonathan Krisel)
Sean's Vulture piece on John C. Reilly in Check It Out!: https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/john-reilly-dr-steve-brule-best-comedic-performances.html
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Episode 011: Tooth Children
Gretchen and Sean discuss the monsters of Channel Zero, Nick Antosca's near-peerless horror anthology series.
(from Channel Zero: Candle Cove, d. Craig William Macneill; Channel Zero: No-End House, d. Steven Piet; Channel Zero: Butcher's Block, d. Arkasha Stevenson; Channel Zero: The Dream Door, d. E.L. Katz)
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Sean's interview with Nick Antosca: https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/3/18164746/channel-zero-nick-antosca-interview-syfy-horror-show -
Episode 010: University
Gretchen and Sean discuss “University,” *the* pivotal episode of The Sopranos and a landmark in the development of television drama.
(from The Sopranos 3x06, “University,” w: Terence Winter and Salvatore J. Stabile, story: David Chase & Terence Winter & Todd A. Kessler and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess, d: Allen Coulter; music: “Living on a Thin Line” by The Kinks)
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Episode 009: Michael K. Williams
Gretchen and Sean remember the life and career of Michael K. Williams, star of The Wire and Boardwalk Empire.
(excerpt from Boardwalk Empire 1x04, "Anastasia," w. Lawrence Konner & Margaret Nagle, d. Jeremy Podeswa)
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Customer Reviews
Best 2 in the game
Gretchen and Sean teach me so much about screen art. So exciting to hear them shoot it together
Best TV analysis
Been a fan of Sean T Collins for 11 years. He is emotionally engaged and sincere in his discussions in a way that I love. He’s given me several useful frames for analyzing pop culture. Happy to have been introduced to Gretchen Felker-Martin and the two together are excellent thought partners.
the best popes!
these two introduced me to the young pope, they are both infallible.