And maybe - maybe it’s just, like, being a child of those years that - that tracked - my development, you know, would’ve been around the same time in high school, I guess. JONAH: There’s so much, you know, especially in its, like, depiction of the ‘80s that just also rang really true. What’s the point of living if you don’t have a dick? That’s what’s so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. They - they don’t even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. She was sent in as Gargamel’s evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? Because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.ĭONNIE DARKO: First of all, Papa Smurf didn’t create Smurfette. SEAN SMITH: Smurfette fucks all the other Smurfs. ![]() JONAH: Although there are some very Tarantino-like scenes, like the Smurf scene, like, you know, the dialogue in that Smurf scene. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee (gunshots). JULES WINNFIELD: And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. So that’s what you call me, you know? That or His Dudeness or Duder or, you know, El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing. JONAH: Which is actually featured in the film, and, you know, I - I was thinking about it, you know, it’s not like there are many quotable quotes, or that people throw around the quotes. LINDA: (sung) We’re gonna get you, we’re gonna get you, not another peep, time to go to sleep. FRANK-N-FURTER: (sung) I’m just a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania. It’s - it’s fascinating, it’s still playing on - on - on the big screen in New York, much like Rocky Horror.ĭR. JONAH: We should talk about its cult status. SANDY ALLEN: This movie’s funny, you know - that’s one of those things I was thinking about rewatching it was like, it is dark, and it’s got horror stuff in it, and it’s got alien stuff in it, but it’s also, like, a funny movie, which I think is maybe also one of the reasons it’s kind of had this lasting sort of, like - you know, it’s - it’s - it’s lingered in our culture, Donnie Darko. Our final episode of Season 1 will be our Halloween Special on Halloween - with a very special guest. ![]() Have you encountered psychiatric patients/treatments used at haunted houses/as costumes/decorations etc.? Tell us your stories - send a minute-or-under voicemail to madchatshow at gmail. □□□ We’re still soliciting your spooky stories about mental health and Halloween. Tell us #whatshelpingtoday and Chris Ritter may illustrate your suggestion. ![]() Listen to my breb, which is frequently what’s helping me today. We briefly mention asylums check out my new piece for 99 Percent Invisible, about asylums historically in America. I also mentioned our latest episode, with Yassir Lester, about Batman: The Animated Series. I mentioned our episode about Six Feet Under with Hearing Voices movement activist Caroline Mazel-Carlton. Publication by the British Psychological Society about understanding psychosis Piece up at Mad in America by Leah Harris on “The Rise of the Digital Asylum” The Institute for the Development of Human Arts or IDHA Other resources / organizations Jonah mentioned during our chat: ![]() We’ll have that conversation at some point in early 2020. WBTP be the third Mad Chat Book Club pick so I encourage you to pick it up and check it out. Of course read our guest Jonah Bossewitch’s essay in it, an ethnography of the radical mental health movement called “Dangerous Gifts” (adapted from his dissertation).
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