Rebecca (1940)
WHO was Rebecca? WHAT was her deal? WHY is everyone so obsessed with her and her underwear? We watch the first mystery that is brand new to all of us, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), and (wo)man, do we have some opinions. As modern “woke”* people, we give the main character an actual name and talk about feminism, lesbianism, and the control of women and power dynamics of 1940’s Hollywood. Maddy wants to become a dick-punching time traveler, Katy gives some very unresearched and ultimately incorrect facts about Hitchcock and lesbians, Carrie does some live book research, and Mack talks great mustaches. Listen carefully for terrible horse impressions and Maddy’s constant anger noises! Originally recorded July 2017. *We like to think we’re some level of “woke” but understand it’s a process and ultimately will make mistakes and hopefully learn and grow with each one TW: Cancer, suicide Correction Section: Katy would like everyone to know that she knows she said Lawrence Olivier was in Lawrence of Arabia but she was thinking of Spartacus and it was just the double “Lawrence” that made her brain go “......”. Also Hitchcock probably didn’t hate lesbians that way Katy insinuated; as stated in the episode she truly knows nothing really about him and was just making a generalized assumption based on Hollywood rules and the fact that she saw The Celluloid Closet one time
