Episode 655: Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

On this episode Emily Intravia and Chris Cummins join Mike to discuss the 2001 film from writer / directors Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, Josie & The Pussycats. It’s the story of the Pussycats -- Josie, Valerie, and Melody -- a rockin’ girl group from Riverdale, and how they become entangled in a dastardly plot cooked up by the record industry to exploit teens for their limited but plentiful income and to turn them into good consumers.

We also talk a bit about Spice World (1997), yet another Alan Cummins film about a girl rock group.

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0:00.0	Just a word of warning about this episode.
0:03.0	One of my co-hosts had some major microphone issues, so he's very blown out.
0:07.2	I did my best to fix this, but the quality is not up to snuff.
0:11.8	Thanks for your patience, and I hope you enjoy this discussion of Josie and the Pussycats and Spice World.
0:22.6	Hold your ears, folks.
0:24.6	It's showtime.
0:26.4	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:28.7	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters
0:33.6	in the projection booth.
0:35.2	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
1:03.0	Shut it off. For every band, there is a moment when they know they have made it. For one band, this is not that moment.
1:09.0	Thank you. Thank you guys. You're great crowd.
1:11.6	Okay, girls, we need the lane now.
1:14.6	And your shoes.
1:16.6	They were three small-town girls with big-time dreams.
1:21.6	Who's a rock star.
1:22.6	I am.
1:23.6	Who wanted to share their music with the world.
1:26.6	We can't sit around here waiting for it to happen.
1:29.6	We are musicians.
1:30.7	We should be out there playing music.
1:32.7	We do play.
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