Butt Out, Baby!

Butt Out, Baby!
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Butt Out, Baby!

Scene-by-scene study of Dirty Dancing: A film that gets a lot of love — but not enough respect.

  1. Bonus, Baby! It's Carol (2015) season with Whoa!mance

    12/20/2024

    Bonus, Baby! It's Carol (2015) season with Whoa!mance

    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 HaynesScreenplay by Phyllis Nagy(based on the romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith)

    2h 1m
  2. 7 - The Borscht Belt

    12/02/2024

    7 - The Borscht Belt

    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: Red Nation podcast episode about Last of the Mohicans The Catskills; from wilderness to Woodstock by Alf Evers The Catskills: its history and how it changed America by Stephen Silverman and Raphael D. Silver In the Catskills: a century of Jewish experience in the mountains edited by Phil Brown It happened in the Catskills: an oral history in the words of busboys, bellhops, guests, proprietors, comedians, agents, and other who lived it edited by Myrna Frommer and Harvey Frommer When comedy went to school directed by Ron Frank & Mevlut Akkaya Bible of Dirty Jokes by Eileen Pollack EILEEN'S WEBSITE  EILEEN'S PODCAST  For your scene 7 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com Buy me a pot of tea (i.e. small donations) here     Follow the show on Instagram Fashion commentary by visual artist, Christy Kunitzky Music by Claire Whitehead aka Claire Maeve aka Midswim

    1h 20m
  3. Dirty Debrief Scene 6

    06/05/2024

    Dirty Debrief Scene 6

    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(!!), learning new dances   Craft notes: how Eric Etheridge found the quotes for his Freedom Rider book, using outdated terms, plagiarism and AI Sources used: Moon River in Sex and the City SNCC button Doris Kearns Goodwin NY Times by the book Dresden Story NFB Idaho miscegenation news report  Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization  CTV: Ontario's African Lion Safari named worst place for elephants in North America 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph  What You Can Do for Your Country: An Oral History of the Peace Corps by Karen Schwarz Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern by Jayna Brown  Cake Walk in 1903 They All Played Ragtime: The true story of an American music by Rudi Blesh Silly Games by Janet Kay (as featured in Lovers Rock) Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge A Note on Historical Language: 'Negro,' 'Colored,' 'Black,' and 'African American' By AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY (1870-1928): A DIGITAL ANTHOLOGY James Baldwin doc from 1968 Plagiarism and You(Tube) by hbomberguy “every youtuber after that hbomberguy video dropped:” by Man Carrying Thing  Yale Strategies for Paraphrase Robin Williams on Marc Maron’s WTF  Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing by Andrea Warner    Check out instagram account dirtydancing_movie_nerd   Buy Me A Coffe(Teapot) i.e. small donations Follow the podcast on Instagram ellie@buttoutbaby.com   Music by Claire Whitehead aka Midswim

    49 min

  4. 03/26/2024

    6 - Showing Off With Each Other (Part 2)

    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 Stereotype PBS: Blackface Minstrelsy  Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Toll What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing by Brian Seibert NY Times: HONI COLES: RECALLING 50 YEARS OF TAP Honi Coles does Bill Robinson, 1979 Honi Coles with Chuck Green and Will Gaines 1983 It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It edited by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig Cuban Pete from The Mask  Cuban Pete by Louis Armstrong Blog post about Joseph Norman  El Manisero performed by Machin Stop-motion creepy (or charming??) monkey  Time Magazine: Sugar-Bowl Migrants Readings on West Side story  Carina's NY Times article on West Side Story  ------------------------------------------------ CARINA DEL VALLE SCHORSKE - website  ADDIE TSAI - website  SONJA THOMAS - Colby College faculty page    For your scene 6 pt 2 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com   Buy me a pot of tea (i.e. small donations) here     Follow the show on Instagram Fashion commentary by visual artist, Christy Kunitzky Music by Claire Whitehead aka Claire Maeve aka Midswim

    1h 15m
  5. 6 - Showing Off With Each Other (Part 1)

    01/27/2024

    6 - Showing Off With Each Other (Part 1)

    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 Civil Rights Days by TK Thorne  What You Can Do for Your Country: An Oral History of the Peace Corps by Karen SchwarzAll You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s by Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanA Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps directed by Alana DeJoseph The Poison and the Tomb: One family's journey to their contaminated home by Kim Wall, Coleen Jose, and Jan Hendrik Hinzel BEING BETTER AMERICANS AND DOING IT FOR THEM: THE PEACE CORPS IN MICRONESIA by Craig J. Severance LA Times: How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster by Susanne Rust  FBI Knew Policeman Was Leak to Klan on Freedom Riders by Paul Magnusson 1946 Bikini Atoll MGM film 1967 Peace Corps ad    For your scene 6 pt 1 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com Follow the show on Instagram Music by Claire Whitehead aka Claire Maeve aka Midswim

    1h 4m

  6. 10/01/2023

    Bonus, Baby! A conversation about notes on creative work

    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 hadn't prepared answers for!  Goodest Notes podcast  Goodest Notes was created by Andrew Shenkman and Drew Thomas. This episode was edited by moi. ellie@buttoutbaby.com Follow the podcast on Instagram

    37 min
  7. Dirty Debrief Scene 5

    09/04/2023

    Dirty Debrief Scene 5

    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

    17 min
  8. 5 - Jewish Matchmaking

    07/27/2023

    5 - Jewish Matchmaking

    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 Agony and the Ecstasy of Jewish Matchmaking"Mari's review of the Lox Club dating app For your scene 5 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com Follow the show on InstagramFashion commentary (usually) by visual artist, Christy Kunitzky Music by Claire Whitehead aka Claire Maeve aka Midswim

    1h 6m
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Scene-by-scene study of Dirty Dancing: A film that gets a lot of love — but not enough respect.

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  • Creator
    Butt Out, Baby!
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
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