Bad Apples #4 - Gaslight - UI #179

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the 1944 classic movie "Gaslight." Starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotton, and Angela Lansbury (in her film debut), it is from this movie that the term “gaslighting” originated. It’s a psychological thriller in which the viewer is witness to a woman being intentionally driven to madness by her husband so that he can carry out his sinister plan. Images, links, and transcript: https://uselessinformation.org/bad-apples-4-gaslight-podcast-179/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:06.0	The term gaslightings and expressionality here being used quite frequently lately, particularly
0:10.6	in the world of politics, yet the term is only a relatively recent addition to our lexicon.
0:17.2	In fact, few people were using the term just 10 years ago, and what many people don't
0:22.4	know is that its origins can be traced directly back to the 1944 movie Gaslight, which start
0:28.5	at Ingrid Bergman in our Academy Award-winning role, Charles Boyet, Joseph Cotton, and
0:33.0	in our film debut, Angela Landsbury.
0:37.3	Well in a few moments after a long absence from the podcast, my wife Mary Jane will be joining
0:41.8	me to discuss not only the Hollywood production of gaslight, but we will also be talking
0:47.0	about the original 1938 London play, and the 1940 British movie on which this classic
0:52.8	movie was based.
0:55.1	I am Steve Silverman, and this is the useless information podcast.
1:02.1	Mary Jane, welcome back to the podcast.
1:08.8	It's been a while.
1:09.8	Yes, that's right.
1:10.8	Hi.
1:11.8	Yes, I've gotten some emails from people wondering where you were, and as you know, I've had
1:15.6	you locked in the dungeon in the basement for a while.
1:17.9	Well, not exactly, Steve, but yeah, I'm been a little busy.
1:21.9	Yeah.
1:22.9	And I should mention that we have been together the whole time, although…
1:26.9	Yes.
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