112. Cruel Intentions

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NOTE: Boy do we say some stuff in this episode. As always, please keep in mind that the language on this podcast is rated R. For pirates.

As adults in their late thirties, Laci and Matt are just the right age to play the “teenager” characters in the sexy cult classic Cruel Intentions (1999). Together, your hosts unpack how differently the movie plays for them as adults (funny) than when they were teenagers (deadly serious), and gush over the deliciously evil performance of Sarah Michelle Gellar. Also, Laci finds this Ryan Phillippe fellow very appealing, but we won’t get into that here.

You can put this podcast anywhere, but we recommend the ear.

Next week: We engaged our listeners to program our next episode, so on this episode you will hear us spin the wheel and land on the winner, and react to it in real time. (You have to listen to find out the movie that won, is what I am saying.)

Watch this episode in full: https://youtu.be/ci7L1LG1mwc

Time stamps:

00:03:43 — Our personal histories with Cruel Intentions

00:12:23 — Pre-movie predictions

00:17:42 — History segment: A history of Dangerous Liaisons and Cruel Intentions; brief career overviews of writer/director Roger Kumble and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Reese Witherspoon

00:30:29 — In-depth movie discussion

01:26:18 — Listener Choice Lottery

01:30:09 — Final thoughts and star ratings

Artwork by Laci Roth.

Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).

Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:

“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM

“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg

“24 Hours Is Like Three Weeks” - https://youtu.be/xhmAga_DGv0

“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ

Source:

“Cruel Intentions cast spills all the details on making the seductive teen drama” by Shirley Li | Entertainment Weekly, 2019 - https://bit.ly/3JAQ7Fi