Little Miss Sunshine (directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton) - More Than a Mediocre Indie?

Show Me The Meaning! – A Wisecrack Movie Podcast

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Comedy, Education, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton. Is this a mediocre indie? You know, the one that ends in dance sequences, and sells for an absurd amount at Sundance, and spawns a hundred remakes? OR is it a poignant philosophical study? We get into some Proust, some Neitzsche, some God, the "system" - and more! Enjoy! If you've been tuning into the livestream on YouTube - first off, we love ya for the support!! Second off, we're going to stop the livestream for a bit. We'll still be publishing regular episodes on the podcast feeds, so be sure to subscribe there! Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this episode. Check out all of Storyblocks’ subscription plans today! Go to https://storyblocks.com/wisecrack Have thoughts? Let us know - we may play it on air! Leave us a voicemail: +1 (213) 534-8807 Leave us an email: [email protected] We got bonus content! Become a patron today to check out that episode and more bonus content! https://wscrk.com/32Q7huu Follow us on Twitter for more deep dives on discussions from the show! @SMTM_pod @austin_hayden (Austin) @creamatoria (Raymond) @ryansgameshow (Ryan) SUBSCRIBE TO SHOW ME THE MEANING!: Apple Podcasts ► https://wscrk.com/3jCDFbJ Amazon Music ► https://wscrk.com/3l12tv1 Spotify ► https://wscrk.com/3AXla8h Stitcher ► https://wscrk.com/39NI3zk YouTube ► https://wscrk.com/3meO1yF Other Wisecrack Podcasts! Culture Binge: https://wscrk.com/culturebinge Respect Our Authoritah!: https://wscrk.com/respect The Squanch: https://wscrk.com/squanch Huge thanks to RØDE Microphones for decking out our studio! © 2021 Wisecrack / Omnia Media / Enthusiast Gaming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.9	Yo, what's going down everybody? Welcome to Show Me the Meaning, Wisecrack's movie podcast.
0:37.9	Show me the movie! I'm in annoyed Austin Hayden because my god damn computer was
0:45.2	given as tech shit so if you can hear the angst in my voice it's because like Paul
0:49.6	Dano, I've read a lot of Nietzsche and I'm about ready to fuck shit up and I
0:53.8	might just make a valve silence until the world of technology decides to stop
0:58.3	fucking up and doing stupid things. Anyway, I'm joined by this movie. I think the
1:02.2	valve of silence would be a great fit for the podcast meeting. I'm joined by
1:07.2	the Show Me the Meaning crew. We've got Raymond. Hello. And we've got Ryan.
1:11.7	Well, that's subfilm fans. And if you couldn't tell by my illusion or by the
1:16.3	title when you clicked on the goddamn episode, we're gonna be talking about the
1:19.9	2006 instant indie darling classic Little Miss Sunshine directed by a couple
1:26.5	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris, starring Tony Collette, Greg Keneer, Paul
1:31.4	Dano, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, and Abigail Breslin. And also, Gale the snail
1:36.8	from it's always sunny. Makes a little parents there at the end if you're
1:40.4	always sunny fans. So I just thought that was kind of fun. Who's that? Gale the
1:46.3	snail. She is one of the pageant coordinators. She's the one that helps always
1:51.4	that Mary Lynn Rice code. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Never never seen
1:56.7	always sunny. Oh, damn. What the fuck? That's like Harris. Yeah, let's go around
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