The Beautician and the Beast w. Eve Lindley

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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"You should try running a country for a day. It's not all making war and smashing dissidents, you know. It's hard work." In which Sarah and Alex, joined by Eve Lindley, watch The Beautician and the Beast, which asks: What if Mr. Sheffield were a widowed dictator instead of a widowed Broadway producer? Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane!This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood) and Apple Plus.https://www.patreon.com/youaregood (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood)Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here:https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance (https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance)Alex’s zine (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan)!https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan)Carolyn's record (https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick)!https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick (https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick)We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs / Bandcamp HERE (http://magpiecinemaclub.bandcamp.com/)!https://magpiecinemaclub.bandcamp.com/ (https://magpiecinemaclub.bandcamp.com/)You can buy a You Are Good logo shirt (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/) DESIGNED BY THE GREAT LIZ CLIMO here. (Liz Climo designed our logo!)https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/ (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/)You Are Good (https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/) is a feelings podcast about movies.You can make a contribution to Palestine Children's Relief Fund here (https://www.pcrf.net/):https://www.pcrf.net/ (https://www.pcrf.net/)You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Patreon and Apple Plus.The Music of You Are Good, Vol. 1 is here (https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1):https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1 (https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1)Miranda Zickler (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster) produced and edited this episode:https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster)Fresh Lesh produces the beats for our episodes.

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0:00.0	Hello you and welcome to You Are Good, a feelings podcast about movies.
0:13.8	Today we are talking about The Beautician and The Beast.
0:17.8	We're talking about it with our great friend Eve Lindley.
0:20.4	I am one of your hosts,
0:22.1	Alex Steed, and I will soon be joined by my marvelous co-host, Sarah Marshall. You Are Good,
0:29.2	a feelings podcast about movies, is exactly what it sounds like. This is a show where we talk about
0:35.1	movies, and we're not critics, but we talk about the movies,
0:38.9	and we talk about how they make us think about who and how we are, how we relate to the world.
0:43.8	We, you know, we talk about movies critically sometimes, but what we're doing is watching the
0:48.9	movie and unpacking our feelings, the feelings, podcast about movies.
0:54.3	The Beatition in The Beast is a 1997 American Romantic comedy film.
0:59.4	It's about a New York City beautician who's hired under the false assumptions that she is a science teacher to tutor the four children of a dictator.
1:17.5	It was a wild conversation to have in the lead up to our present moment. The dictator is played by Timothy Dalton.
1:19.6	The beautician is played, of course, by Fran Dresher.
1:22.5	The film deals with the theme of cultural differences.
1:24.7	It takes inspiration from other stories like Beauty and the Beast,
1:27.7	the King and I, Aveda, and the Sound of Music.
1:31.4	Evelynly, of course, our great friend is an actress and a model based in Los Angeles,
1:36.3	California, best friend of the show.
1:39.2	She's around talking about these movies, unpacking these feelings with us.
1:43.7	And we love and appreciate her for that.
1:46.5	Hey, how are you doing? What's going on in your world? Let us know it. You are good.
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