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You Are Good

Misery (1990)

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

Film History, Film Reviews, Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We thought you were good, but you're not good. You're just another lying ol' dirty birdy. Let's talk Misery, the classic 1990 Rob Reiner film and the classic 1987 Stephen King novel.The Music of You Are Good: Vol I can be found here (https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1)!We made a playlist to accompany this episode! (https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/830d1b01-dbf2-4e81-9ab2-d2080525c407) It's comprised of songs that come to mind when we all think about this movie.You Are Good (https://www.podpage.com/dashboard/you-are-good/) is a feelings podcast about movies.You can find us on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/youaregoodpod/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/youaregoodpod/) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood).You can find producer and music director Carolyn Kendrick's music here. (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-1409919/episodes/e-77658756/edit/fanlink.to/ctuc) She's also on Twitter (https://twitter.com/carekendrick).Fresh Lesh (https://www.freshlesh.com/) produces the beats for our episodes.Liz Climo (https://thelittleworldofliz.com/) designed our logo!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome to You Are Good, a feelings podcast about movies I am one

0:09.0

of your co-hosts Alex Steed, I will be joined by my illustrious co-hosts Sarah Marshall

0:13.4

in a couple of minutes.

0:14.9

Today we're covering misery, page to screen, the book in the movie, and whether or not

0:19.2

you've read it, whether or not you have watched it, whether or not you are a horror fan,

0:23.4

I think that there's something for everyone in this conversation.

0:26.9

We cover these movies, we cover movies generally to talk through the more universal elements

0:31.7

of the genre and what's on screen or what's on the page.

0:35.2

And so you don't personally have to experience the horror if you don't want to.

0:38.8

I love it when we cover horror and folks say like, that's not my bag, but I listened

0:43.7

and I got a lot out of it.

0:45.3

That means a lot to us.

0:46.3

So yeah, just a little heads up and hey, just a quick content warning.

0:50.4

This is horror, this is Stephen King.

0:53.6

We don't go into very deep detail, but there are certainly mentions of violence of

0:57.8

gore.

0:58.8

We talk about mental health issues, we talk about mine and other folks.

1:02.8

We talk about addiction, talk about captivity, and we also talk about the problematic language

1:07.4

that is used in King's writing, particularly with regard to race, rape, and sexual assault.

1:13.8

Most of these sensitive topics happen in the last 20 to the 30 minutes of the episode

1:17.3

if listening or thinking about these things isn't in the cards for you today.

1:21.4

We just want you to know ahead of time.

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