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I'm Stephen McHath, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest.

Nobody's Mad at Colombo edition is Wednesday, February 6, 2019.

On today's show, Russian Doll is the latest

Netflix. It stars Natasha Leone as a tough as nails, but finally totally broken woman, trapped

in a groundhog day-like cycle of dying and reliving the same night over and over. And then,

minding the gap is the story of a pack of skater kids hitting early adulthood and not exactly growing up.

It's on Hulu, it won a big Sundance Prize.

It's nominated for an Oscar, and it's amazing.

And finally, the scene is one of the building blocks of a movie.

Some are good, some are great, and some are just totally unforgettable.

I mean, I think one can fairly use the word iconic in this instance.

We ask why, with K. Austin Collins and Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair, who put together a remarkable

package on great scenes and what goes into making them, joining me today as the deputy managing

editor of the LA Times. Julia Turner. Hey, Julia. Hello. And of course, Lates film critic, Dana

Stevens. Hey, Dana. Hey, Steve. Russian doll stars Natasha Leone as Nadja, a woman who on her 36th birthday

begins dying over and over only to reawaken at the same time on that same evening in the same

place in the bathroom at her own birthday party.

She's a leather-throated tough chick.

She's a video game programmer.

She's a great character, I have to say, and a great performance.

What follows is an excavation of Nadia's excruciating existence.

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