Y2K‪?‬ Amanda Ladino

**slap in the face**
“How intimate?”
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jewel Robbery from 1932, the romantic farcical comedy that romanticizes more than just jewelry theft and loots more than a few petty emeralds, a mere couple of rubies, a pittance of a sapphire. The most desirable jewel stolen is the heart of Kay Francis and the audience. This episode we’ll discuss the Hays Code, collapsible ladders, and minute facial expressions.

**kiss**
“Yeah. Bye.”
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Rent-A-Cop from 1987, the seemingly platonic cop thriller until you realize, when Burt Reynolds try to kiss Liza Minnelli 70% into the film, that this is supposed to be an ex-c*p, ex-seggs worker love story. This episode we’ll discuss pizazz, Encino Man, and choreographed dancing.

“Tell me nothing happened. Even if you lie, I’ll believe you.” 
“Nothing happened” 
“Jesus it sounds worse than before”
 
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Cheap Detective from 1978, the noir pi spoof that cracks the hardboiled detective and chomps him and a cheap cigar down for breakfast. This episode we’ll discuss the rural purge, urns, and pizazz.

“Or maybe the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove!”
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering My Cousin Vinny from 1992, a legal comedy that aspires me not to be a lawyer but to go into an alternate universe where I’m a tough son of a b***h from New York. This episode we’ll discuss independent rear suspension, string on the floor, and California Pizza Kitchen.

“Does my forehead not please you?”
 
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jane Eyre from 1943/4, one of the many book adaptations that cut like half of the book to make the story a cute little gothic rom-com because we don’t have the time to turn the boat around to have an only semi-horrific ending. This episode we’ll discuss 1800s dating profiles, Orson Welles, and OSHA regulations.

“Oron Trask?! The man who said, ‘What if we sliced the bread before we sold it?’”
Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering 1988’s Working Girl, the romantic aspirational comedy that glorifies the corporate, yuppie, “greed is good” lifestyle that simultaneously lacks life and style. This episode we’ll discuss fashion, appropriate work behavior, and the importance of couches.