In which we discover a secret history of cinema, a history that created American pop culture one terrifying shower and screwball bathtub scene at a time. One in which the hot tub plays a major role in the war on drugs and the battle of the sexes, and in which sci-fi visions imagine bathtubs of the future as places for healing, transformation, and goo.
In this episode, Gabby & Brandon dig into their sample of 1,500 bathing movies, talk to film scholars, correct some misinformation on Cleopatra, and answer the question of just which is more popular in movies — the shower or the tub.
This is the true Hollywood story those dry and dirty oligarchs
don’t want you to hear.
Note: Our incredible Claudette Colbert quote came from
this 1998 Vanity Fair story.
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