Scary Thoughts #123 - The Substance (Coralie Fargeat – 2024) with Monique Jenkinson aka Fauxnique

The Substance (2024) is a nearly perfect example of what we like in movies. It's dripping with weighty ideas about bodies and power's putrid hold on humanity. The director is an alluring French woman who appears to be a deep fan of all the dark shit we're into. The actors are going for it hard. The effects are practical. It's absurdly gory and fun. To conversate and celebrate this body horror peak, we're joined by Monique Jenkinson–who needs little introduction to our audience–but just in case, she's an artist, choreographer, and writer best known for her work as a Bay-Area-based drag icon. She sometimes pastes magazine photography to herself, though not always to conceal the transformative effects of black market beauty regimens. This is a focused episode where we get deep into the film and its perennial themes. We talk about the design of biohacker products, how youth is wasted on the young, our aging aches and pains, and the differences in how the male and female gazes approach butt shots. If you've been enjoying our Alien run, fear not, we will be returning to that soon enough. We needed a break from Weyland-Yutani's corporate culture. For now, enjoy this conversation about a great film that actually came out this year.

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Scary Thoughts #123 - The Substance (Coralie Fargeat – 2024) with Monique Jenkinson aka Fauxnique is an episode from Scary Thoughts by Chad Lott & Marc Kate.

This episode is 01:53:19 long.

This episode was published on Dec 16, 2024.

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