172 Holiday Movies (with Brian Price)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, History, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Seasons Greetings! In this episode, Jacke attempts to recover from last week's gloominess with something lighter and cheerier: a trip to the movies! Holiday movies dominate screens big and little during the month of December - but what do they do to us? How do they work? What separates a good holiday movie from the rest of the pack? We ask screenwriter Brian Price, author of Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting, to help us understand the genre. Then Jacke, in a frenzy of holiday spirit, pitches his own idea for a holiday movie to Brian - and comes to learn the true meaning of the phrase, "Christmas flop." Hope you enjoy! Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio. The snow is snow is snowing. The wind is blowing, but I can weather the storm.
0:29.0	What do I care how much it may start?
0:37.0	I've got my love to keep me warm.
0:42.0	Hmm, there we go.
0:45.0	That's the great Billy Holiday.
0:48.0	Lady Day singing the Christmas Classic,
0:51.0	I've got my love to keep me warm. It's not actually a Christmas
0:55.6	song, it doesn't mention Christmas, but it's become one kind of like my favorite things or some other songs have a Christmas feel.
1:06.9	It was written by Irving Berlin,
1:09.2	who of course hit the Christmas songwriting jackpot with the pantionic white Christmas.
1:17.0	I'm going to be talking about this song a little and frankly trying to make up for last week's episode in which our old friend Mike surprised me
1:25.1	with his version of a holiday show author suicides. That was a little bleak
1:32.0	time to cleanse the palette so we have a little bleak. Time to cleanse the palette.
1:34.0	So we have a fun one today.
1:35.0	Brian Price is back,
1:37.0	our screenwriter and film expert
1:39.0	to talk about holiday movies.
1:42.0	We have a fun conversation, yet as I think I told you last
1:46.0	year around this time I always like a little melancholy mixed in with my holiday cheer. My boys like songs like It's the Most Wonderful
1:56.3	Time of the Year, which is pure sugar. I like songs like I'll be home for Christmas and have yourself a Merry Little Christmas songs with some feeling.
2:11.0	So don't worry. Even though Brian is here and he and I have a great time talking about what makes holiday movies great.
2:18.0	We also have some special Jack Wilson gloominess.
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