School Scandals (May December and Notes on a Scandal) with guest Milo Muise: We Don't Think We Have Enough Hot Dogs

This week we're joined by Milo Muise to discuss what we're calling the "School Scandals Double Feature," May December (2023) and Notes on a Scandal (2006).

Both films deal with the sexualization of the teacher/student relationship, abusive power dynamics, obsession, and divas.

We felt this was a fascinating double feature, but we also flirt with the idea of this as a trilogy with Tar (2022). Maybe we'll talk about Tar in a future episode...

Spoilers: Susan Sontag, obsession, genres vs. sensibilities, diarists are creepy, Julianne Moore went for that lisp, Todd Haynes-let's meet up in Portland and please also employ Dave, acting is embarrassing, #justiceforCharlesMelton, the concept creep of 'camp,' scenes in mirrors, the clash of obvious metaphors and repressive characters is the gap between interpretation and representation, lots of talk about artifice, pet stores, failed attempts to discuss Tar.

Milo Muise is a writer and educator based in Portland, OR.

Learn about their writing and more here: https://milormuise.wixsite.com/mrmew

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Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige

Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley