Jessica Bendinger Interview
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jessica Bendinger Interview
- What got cut from the movie.
- Scary NYC punk shows in the 1980's and of course legendary punk band, Bad Brains who get a nod in the movie.
- The continued relevance of Stick It.
- Pitching movies about women to a Hollywood system constipated by gender and structural bias.
- Why she started her Mob Queens podcast
- Alternative to the Bechdel Test
- Training at Muriel Grossfeld's gym with Marcia Fredrick and Don Peters
- Needing more diversity in Stick It.
- Our mutual love for Oana Ban and Mattie Larson as both a gymnast and bad ass hero.
- Gymnastics, PTSD and nervous breakdowns.
- Jessica pitches Stick It 2, genderless mafia gymnastics revolution or Stick It 2, the horror version: Escape from the Ranch.
- Listen to our full episode about the movie 422: Stick It (Commissioned)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So yeah, stick it is pretty punk is very punk rock, you know, people made I think the AV club called it like Mountain Dew punk rock |
| 0:08.4 | They were like making fun of it's like come on. Give me a break. Give me a break. I made a Disney movie with a bad brain shirt |
| 0:14.1 | And it come on have a heart |
| 0:16.6 | Do you have no clue about how hard these things are to sneak in give me a break? Oh |
| 0:24.3 | We're gonna talk about Spencer at the end of what he said in the episode |
| 0:28.6 | We're gonna talk about that. I have some I've prepared some statement Spencer |
| 0:33.2 | Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two |
| 0:40.2 | Welcome to Jim Kastik the number one gymnastic podcast in the galaxy. I'm Jessica and |
| 0:45.5 | Spencer is on a well-earned rest this week |
| 0:47.7 | I was supposed to do the same thing |
| 0:48.8 | But then this opportunity to talk to the writer of bringing on the director of stick it presented itself |
| 0:54.4 | And I had so much fun talking to Jessica Bendiger |
| 0:57.2 | We have a full recap of the epic gymnastics movie stick it |
| 1:01.5 | It's linked in the show notes or if you go to our website from castor.com go to the commissions |
| 1:07.0 | Podcast commissions and you will find it there or under the archives |
| 1:11.1 | So we're gonna link that in the show notes and it was commissioned by one of our wonder |
| 1:15.8 | Wonderful club gym nerd members who help support the show and help us pair of bills |
| 1:19.7 | So take a listen if you haven't yet |
| 1:21.6 | It's the 15 year anniversary of stick it you guys. Let's talk to Jessica |
| 1:26.7 | Welcome, Jessica Bendiger. Hi |
| 1:30.5 | Jessica O.B. J.O.B. J.B. and J.O.B. |
| 1:33.9 | Yes |
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