The People Under the Stairs (1991) | Slumlords, Gentrification, and the Gimp Daddy-ing of America

Spooky season continues and Hal and Craig watched Wes Craven's 1991 horror-comedy The People Under the Stairs. We discuss how the economic policies of Ronald Reagan (and his putrid Wormtongue Milton Friedman) led to our current housing crisis. Discussion also includes:

• Our favorite Wes Craven films;
• The bombing of the Al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza and Palestinian martyr Shaban Al-Dalou;
• Some books we're reading: "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein and "When the Clock Broke" by John Ganz;
• Other recent viewings including "The Apprentice", "The Substance", and "Wolfs"; and
• Ving Rhames' all-time great lines.

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Sources & Links

• https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/the-great-eliminator-how-ronald-reagan-made-homelessness-permanent/article_92c9b2ac-e881-502a-ae9d-5266cac03404.html
• https://archives.hud.gov/hud50/hud50.hud.gov/hud_history_timeline/index.html
• https://www.thezebra.com/resources/home/housing-trends-visualized/
• https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-annual-meeting-national-alliance-business
• https://nlihc.org/explore-issues/why-we-care/problem
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/15/shaban-al-dalou-the-palestinian-teen-burned-to-death-in-israeli-bombing