PEL Presents PMP#161: Revisiting "The Exorcist"
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk about the original 1973 film (and the 1971 novel), the new Exorcist: Believer, with some talk of the early sequels. What makes the original film so scary? Its adjacency to real-life parental fears? Does the new film really dialogue intelligently with that original? Is demonic possession an inherently problematic plot device?
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| 0:33.0 | This is pretty much pop a culture podcast serving up tender family drama medical |
| 0:43.7 | mystery and projectile vomit in proportions. Today we're talking about |
| 0:47.1 | The Exorcist. Both the original 1973 film directed by William Frekekin based on |
| 0:51.4 | the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty as well as the subsequent attempts at sequels ending in the current David Gordon Green film The Exorcist Believer. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Mark Linsen Meyer also known for speaking in eerie profane voices and emitting foul smells. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm Al Baker, every bit as scary as my reputation, but frequently misunderstood. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Sarah Lynn Bruck and after watching the exorcist I now know why my teenager just |
| 1:14.8 | leaves her dirty dishes in the sink I mean the dishwasher is right there my child |
| 1:18.8 | would never do that wow my name is Lauren Square coming from Oklahoma City and Pea soup does not look like vomit. |
| 1:26.8 | It doesn't. Nothing like it, not at all. |
| 1:29.4 | So that's your main beef with the original movie. What would you have you? I wouldn't say it's my main beef with the original movie what would you I want to say it's my |
| 1:34.6 | main beef it's just that like honestly the effects have not dated well the drama is good |
| 1:40.4 | the overall sense of dread is good the effects have not dated well at all. Since you've gone right into like |
| 1:47.6 | nitpicking a masterpiece movie, can I just say I don't think the vomit is supposed to be realistic. I think it's supposed to be weird vomit because she's possessed by a demon who's making her |
| 1:58.4 | No, it's supposed to be vomit. It's supposed to be real vomit and that pea soup was fine for 19 when this will come out like |
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