‘Rothaniel,’ ‘Girls5eva,’ and the surprising film that jump started John Waters’ career

The Treatment

KCRW

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes comedian and director Jerrod Carmichael, who explores truth and honesty in his HBO special “Rothaniel” and his feature directorial debut “On the Count of Three.” Next, Paula Pell, one of the stars of Peacock’s “Girls5eva” talks about coming into her prime as a performer in her fifties. And finally, on The Treat, director John Waters reveals the 1940s film that set him on his unique and outrageous career path.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:14.6	It's The Treatment.
0:15.5	I'm Elvis Mitchell.
0:16.5	I'm in the studios for KCRW, a place I haven't been in at least the last couple of years.
0:21.5	My guest, making his directorial debut with a counter three, is Gerard Carmichael.
0:26.9	At least he says that's his name.
0:28.7	As we recently found on HBO, his HBO special, there's more to that name than we might have
0:35.0	figured out from just hearing him say, Gerard Carmichael, I guess it
0:37.9	means we have to redo the Carmichael show. It's a whole new kind of autobiography, don't we?
0:42.3	Well, it's a whole new concept. The old concept is thrown out of the window.
0:48.7	First of all, it's so great to see you because it's been a while since I've seen you, but to see
0:52.7	the special, the HBO special, I guess I forgot is how much your stand-up is
0:58.6	like you and it's not like you.
1:00.7	I mean, because the excitable part of you usually don't display on stage that much because
1:05.2	it's about sort of controlling the audience, but that thing, that thing of you're being
1:09.8	thoughtful, there's no
1:12.7	hesitance when you're doing on stage.
1:14.3	Whereas in real life, I can see you like looking for a thought.
1:17.5	Yeah.
1:18.5	And that fascinated me to watch the way you use silence on stage, because I forgot about how much
1:22.2	you do that.
1:23.2	Yeah.
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