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You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild and passion project of Karina Longworth (founder of Cinematical.com, former film critic for LA Weekly), who writes, narrates, records and edits each episode. It is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction: navigating through conflicting reports, mythology, and institutionalized spin, Karina tries to sort out what really happened behind the films, stars and scandals of the 20th century.

Episodes

“The actress everybody wants to fuck”: Theresa Russell and Sondra Locke (Erotic 90’s, Part 3)

11 Apr 2023

1h 23m

Pretty Woman, Sleeping with the Enemy and Julia Roberts in the early 90s (Erotic 90’s, Part 2)

04 Apr 2023

1h 8m

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Pretty Woman functions as a sophisticated update of 1930s and 40s romantic comedies, utilizing the fantasy of a transactional relationship between a corporate raider and a sex worker to explore themes of human dignity and emotional transformation. While often dismissed as a problematic celebration of commodity fetishis...

The 1983 box-office hits Flashdance and Risky Business serve as cultural markers for the decade’s shifting attitudes toward sex, race, and the domestication of youthful rebellion. While critics frequently dismissed Flashdance as "softcore porn" or a superficial product of the emerging MTV aesthetic, the film actually p...