Licorice Pizza & Twelve Forever

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Inspired by the splendid new surroundings for the podcast we decided to crack open a bottle of lighter fluid and compile a list of the Top 5 TV and Movie Nightclubs, Bars, Pubs and Members Clubs. Don't miss Bad Dad Peter making an ill-advised comment about BUGSY MALONE which will ensure his name is documented on several different registers.

LICORICE PIZZA (sic) is Paul Thomas Anderson's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD-esque merging of real-people-and-fictional-stories-with-fictional-people-and-real-stories romantic comedy set in San Fernando, California in 1973 and explores the relationship between 15 year old Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) and the 25 at least Alana Kane (Alana  Haim ). Alana's aimless drifter becomes fascinated by Gary’s energetic and youthful confidence and in a town full of characters who are either racists or sexists the essentially taboo relationship between them appears to be the healthiest one in the movie. Full of references I only half understand and pining for a world just beyond my memory, Paul Thomas Anderson’s great filmmaking craft is applied to the coming of age story with typical swagger and the leads both charm in delightful debut performances. Highly recommended from me at least though some of the other dads were a little more meh.

TWELVE FOREVER may well be something Bad Dad Peter would be interested in since it explores the life of a 12 year old girl going through puberty. Not for any disgusting, immoral or illegal reasons though of course, I meant that because he has at least one of his own daughters he might want to understand their mindset as they mature and this Netflix animated series about a girls feeling of not wanting to grow up may just hit the spot. Well it would have done if it wasn't sadly reminiscent of the sharper witted and more absurd ADVENTURE TIME or REGULAR SHOW.

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