Butt Out, Baby!

It really, probably shouldn't get made. But, that doesn't mean I haven't thought about it...       Sources mentioned: Into the Heart of Africa by Lana Lovell Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert   How this 1989 ROM exhibit on Africa became a cautionary tale for museums This song and this song     Buy Me A Coffe(Teapot) i.e. small donations...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: Land acknowledgments  Fact-checking the Savoy Club and Cotton Club More about the song Hound Dog The difference between sexualizing and objectifying men and women That echoey recording   Sources used: Indigenous land acknowledgements, their purpose, and how to make...

Baby tries on a wig and puts her foot in her mouth.  + Robbie the creep  + The problem with Baby putting Penny on a pedestal  + Penny's rebuff as the beginning of another kind of awakening    Andrea Warner wrote a book on Dirty Dancing!  Andrea Warner's pop culture podcast, Pop This! Andrea's website Andrea's Instagram       For your scene thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com Buy me a pot of tea (i.e....

Baby crosses the threshold.   + filming a dance scene + the craft of acting in such a scene  + the evolution of dirty dancing from West Africa to the South into the grand amalgamation displayed in this scene + low brow vs high brow dance + cultural voyeurism in low brow dance    Anita Abbasi website Anita Abbasi Instagram   Sarah Kolasky website Sarah Kolasky Instagram Short film Sarah and I worke...

Ellie invites Morgan and Isabeau of Whoa!mance into a cozy 1950s booth for a close examination of Carol.   Carol stars Cate Blanchett & Rooney Mara (plus Sarah Paulson being an icon) Directed by Todd Haynes Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy (based on the romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith)

History of the Catskills and Borscht Belt comedy.  + Last of the Mohicans + Growing up in Liberty, NY + The difference between Borscht Belt humour and observational comedy + The gendered implications of telling a dirty joke   Works used and mentioned: R ed Nation podcast episode about Last of the Mohicans The Catskills; from wilderness to Woodstock by Alf Evers The Catskills: its history and how i...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: Extra stuff from scene 6: changes from screenplay, my experience in Guyana & light peace corps gossip, pronouncing miscegenation, cakewalks (!!), learning new dances   Craft notes: how Eric Etheridge found the quotes for his Freedom Rider book, using outdated t...

Tito tap dances while Johnny and Penny do the mambo.  + Famous tap dancer, Honi Coles + The history of tap and minstrelsy + Shirley Temple (drink and person) + Why some dance is authorized at Kellerman's and some is not  + The history of Latin American dance in American movies + Is Dirty Dancing kinda gay? Works used and mentioned: How to Make a Shirley Temple Blackface: The Birth of An American S...

At the evening dance in the Kellerman's "playhouse," Baby and Neil show off their politics.  + High status US colleges  + Peace Corps in the 60s  + More on Bull Conner in Birmingham + The white Freedom Riders  Works used and mentioned: Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s...

Over a year ago my friend Andrew interviewed me for his top-notch podcast, Goodest Notes. For various reasons it got lost to the sands of time until now! Listen for: + The story of my use of fanfic in a dark time  + Tips I heard on a writing podcast years ago and have never forgot + Writing stereotypes and unpacking the note "you don't need to show your work" + Hear me fumble through questions I h...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: Finding Nice Jewish Boy media icons in strange places  How to deal with plosives in your recordings  A novel recommendation  Follow the podcast on Instagram ellie@buttoutbaby.com   Music by Claire Whitehead

At dinnertime, Lisa and Baby are presented with Bachelor number 1 and 2. Featuring Mari Cohen of Jewish Currents.  + Learning about the terms Jewish American Princess and Nice Jewish Boy  + The politics of "Jewish continuity"  + The parental scolding line, "There are starving children in..." + My dislike of white tablecloths Mari and Jewish Currents works mentioned: One the Nose podcast, "The Agon...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: BAD BOYS like Johnny, Han Solo, John Bender from Breakfast Club, Derek from Save the Last Dance What "college boy" means. How to promote (or not) an indie podcast Podcast The Newsletter Follow the podcast on Instagram ellie@buttoutbaby.com   Music by Claire Whitehe...

Baby gets her first glimpse into the class structure at Kellerman's ft. Morgan & Isabeau of Whoa!mance  + Johnny being attractive and gracefully insolent  + The female gaze    + The strange all-inclusive guest experience of Kellerman's  + How bad boy romance leads are introduced and whether Dirty Dancing qualifies as a romance at all!  Whoa!mance: a weekly podcast about Romance Novels and Ours...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: The harms of misusing science in persuasive arguments  Lots of craft talk about interviews! Including a cringey clip from my past Resources mentioned: Ira Glass on pulling out big ideas in an interview  All My Relations podcast episode, "Telling True Stories in a G...

The Houseman's participate in a merengue dance class led by a vibrant and confident dance instructor named Penny. Featuring an interview with a real life dancer and dance instructor.  + Western culture's relationship to dance + Baby's awkwardness pt. 1 + Mrs. Schumacher being a deviant   + The Rockettes and the gender pay gap + Ingénue (not the k.d. lang album, tho it's mentioned)   Marea is not j...

Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode: Three stories about the Jim Crow era that felt special enough to share but had to be cut from the last episode The ethics of paying documentary subjects Why I hate the phrase "kill your darlings" Plus I go on a journey with some tea biscuits   Resources mentioned (...

Jake and Baby school Lisa on what defines a "real" tragedy which led me on a long journey into the history of Jim Crow. Featuring an interview on the Southern Jewish experience with author TK Thorne.  + Walk Like A Hieroglyph + With what to wear with coral shoes? + A very mysterious joke  + The moral authority of Jake Housman   TK's book: Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White A...

Debrief episodes will be the place to discuss listener feedback on each scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. This is for the craft nerds! Also, discussed was my struggle to define liberalism and you'll hear me learn the definition of "equivocate" in real time! Articles I reference about witch trails: Interview with Rivka Galchen Spectral Evidence   And History Chicks episode...

The very first full scene and it's a doozy! Listen to me marvel at the efficiency of the opening voiceover and learn how truly nerdy this podcast is going to be.     For your scene 1 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com Instagram   Music by Claire Whitehead

What happens when an obsessive nerd rehabs by watching Dirty Dancing in tiny increments over a span of months.    Instagram