Popcorn Therapy
A podcast about movies and mental health. Please grab some popcorn, and take a seat on the couch. Hosted by Chelsey and Shade (like the singer). Please follow us on Twitter (@PopcornTheraPod) and Instagram (@PopcornTherapyPod)
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Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Continuing our LGBT pride month coverage, Shade and Chelsey are on their G week with To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar. We are joined this week by friend of the pod and local Philly floral artiste, John (@PansiesPHL).
To Wong Foo was directed by Beeban Kidron, and written by Douglas Carter Beane. It stars Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Jason London, and Chris Penn. With special cameos from RuPaul, Robin Williams, and of course Julie Newmar.
The mental health themes we will be covering this week are sexual orientation and desire.
Please check out our wonderful guest John’s beautiful floral artistry at https://www.instagram.com/pansiesphl/Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Chelsey and Shade are coming in hot this week, bringing you the 'L' in LGBTQIA+ to kick off Pride Month. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) has the girls discussing the history of reparative therapy, and exploring what desire means.
But I'm A Cheerleader was directed by Jamie Babbit, and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. The film stars Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, RuPaul, and Melanie Lynskey.
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
It's the final week of Shade's birthday month so Chelsey and Shade are covering 1997's My Best Friend's Wedding. It is a tale of learning to mind your own business. Listen in as we discuss attachment and relationship dynamics.My Best Friend's Wedding was directed by PJ Hogan and written by Ron Bass. It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, and Rupert Everett.
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Continuing on with Shade's birthday month picks, the girls tackle the iconic angst in Girl, Interrupted (1999). Join Chelsey and Shade as they talk about hospitalization and different mental health disorders.
Written by Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, and Anna Hamilton Phelan
Directed by James Mangold
Cast
Susanna Kaysen - Winona Ryder
Lisa - Angelina Jolie
Georgina - Clea Duvall
Daisy - Brittany Murphy
Valerie - Whoopi Goldberg
Polly - Elizabeth Moss
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Happy belated Mother's Day from Shade and Chelsey! Keeping up with Shade's birthday month we'll be covering the man with the mother of all mommy issues, Norman Bates. Of course he is from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho.
Join us as we talk about enmeshment, dissociative identity disorder, and how the California Child Protective Services failed Norman.
Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam.
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Shade and Chelsey start off Shade's birthday takeover month with a bang! Today they're talking about Gaslight (1944), the psychological thriller that gave us the name for the behavior.
Written by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, and John L. Balderston
Directed by George Cukor
Cast
Gregory Anton - Charles Boyer
Paula Alquist - Ingrid Bergman
Brian Cameron - Joseph Cotten
Miss Thwaites - May Whitty
Nancy - Angela Lansbury
Elizabeth - Barbara Everest
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Shade and Chelsey are back this week to discuss the 2005 movie that somehow nobody saw, Fierce People. This movie has Kristen Stewart before Twilight, Chris Evans before Captain America, and of course the late great Anton Yelchin before Star Trek. A movie where a 15 year-old does a sort-of anthropological study on the extreme wealth within New Jersey.TW: SA, murder, violence, substance abuseThe psychological themes we'll be covering this week are substance abuse, enmeshment, reactions to sexual violence, and power dynamics. ~Also sorry, we got our dates mixed up, Shade's birthday month will begin next week~
Written by Griffin Dunne, and directed by Dirk Wittenborn.In case those stars above were not enough, Fierce People also stars Donald Sutherland, Diane Lane, Paz de la Huerta, Blu Mankuma, and Elizabeth Perkins.
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Shade and Chelsey bring us some mid-2000s nostalgia with indie hit Juno (2007). They tackle mental health and teenage pregnancy, and the impact of infertility.
Written by Diablo Cody
Directed by Jason Reitman
Cast
Juno MacGuff- Elliot Page
Paulie Bleeker - Michael Cera
Vanessa Loring - Jennifer Garner
Mark Loring - Jason Bateman
Bren MacGuff - Allison Janney
Mac MacGuff - JK Simmons
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Shade and Chelsey are here with a special guest this week. They are joined by the incomparable 🌞 Sunny 🌞 to discuss the 2014 staple of British culture, Paddington.
Find out who hates children's literature icon Paddington.
This week topics include family dynamics, colonialism, and how Paddington relates to the immigrant experience in London.
Written and directed by Paul King
Cast
Paddington - Ben Whishaw
Henry Brown - Hugh Bonneville
Mary Brown - Sally Hawkins
Mrs Bird - Julie Walters
Mr Gruber - Jim Broadbent
Millicent - Nicole Kidman
Pastuzo - Michael Gambon
Lucy - Imelda Staunton
Mr Curry - Peter Capaldi
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Back and feeling ~*refreshed*~ from spring break, Chelsey and Shade have fun discussing Boy (2010). Catch up with these two as they talk about the impacts of parentification and grief.
Directed & Written by Taika Waititi
Starring James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Rachel House. and Taika Waititi
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