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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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There's a reason Beetlejuice was a hit back in 1988: it delivered both the spectacle and big stars of a major studio film, and the hilarious, weird vision of director Tim Burton. Now he returns with the sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — which stars Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Michael Keaton, and Jenna Ortega. But does Beetlejuice Beetlejuice capture any of the original's silly, surreal, singular magic? Should it even try?

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There's a reason Beetlejuice was a hit back in 1988. It pulled off something that hadn't really happened before.

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It delivered the spectacle and big stars people expected from a major studio film, but it didn't feel like one.

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Instead, every frame was saturated with the pitch-black hilarious and just plain weird vision

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of young director Tim Burton, who was still relatively new on the scene.

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That was over 30 years ago. Burton who is still relatively new on the scene.

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That was over 30 years ago, and they're all back for another try with

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Beatlejuice, Biedlejuice.

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Burton would own a writer, Catherine O'Hara, and of course Michael Keaton

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as the demon who still has a crush on writer's character Lydia.

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The new film also features Jenna Ortega who plays Lydia's rebellious daughter.

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That first film was a cultural phenomenon.

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Can this new one capture any of it?

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Silly, surreal, singular magic, should it even try?

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I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about

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Beatle Juice, Beatle Juice on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR's Science Podcast Shortwave.

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Hey Regina, welcome back.

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Hey, I'm super excited about this.

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Also with this is Kristen Mindser.

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