In the Details: a Celebration of Nuance show

In the Details: a Celebration of Nuance

Summary: Each week, I explore micro-moments, acting choices and all of the magic in the minutiae--the nuances, if you will--that make a scene great. Take a drink every time I talk about a Best Supporting Actress nominee.

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 Episode 60: The Undoing of the Enlightened Flight Attendant | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:43

I was quick to write off both "The Undoing" and "The Flight Attendant" only months ago, but after finally bingeing both, I found reasons to appreciate both shows--specifically, some fine actressing from Nicole Kidman, Lily Rabe, Noma Dumezweni, Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet and most of all, Kaley Cuoco. Expect plenty of spoilers of "The Undoing" and no spoilers of "The Flight Attendant" as I queen out on some prime acting choices and micromoments, before giving some long overdue love to "Enlightened," a show I deeply identify with and greatly appreciate as a sort of companion piece of "The Comeback." Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 59: Cherishing Valerie - Part 7: Valerie Loses It | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:36

The much anticipated next chapter of "Cherishing Valerie" is here! This week we're breaking down Val's biggest meltdown, the Season 2 desert monologue. And perhaps it's perfect timing--never more have I identified with a woman in a track suit making beef rollatini and completely losing her shit. Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 58: The 3rd Annual Nuancies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:34

Awards season has officially begun this year! My fake award show looking back at a years' worth of episodes, plucking out the highlights, then ranking them on a purely emotional basis is back for a third year. The Nuancies are bigger than ever, even if my episode output in 2020 was smaller than ever. We're not just counting down the top five acting choices and micro-moments, but celebrating some hall of fame favorites from years past and honorable mentions that didn't make the list. Plus: musical breaks that can't get their shit together, a melodramatic guest montage, a decidedly strange memorial and the third recipient of the Beatrice Straight Award for Excellence in Nuance is announced! Brace yourselves. Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 57: A Visit From Mrs. Daigle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:05:01

Few actors can play drunk as convincingly as Eileen Heckart does in 1956's "The Bad Seed." Heckart won the Golden Globe and was nominated for both the Oscar and a Tony in the Broadway production a couple years earlier for her heartbreaking portrayal of Mrs. Daigle, grieving the death of her son and in desperate need to find out what happened to that penmanship medal. This week I'm going practically beat by beat through her two scenes to break down why this is such a pitch perfect performance. Plus we get a little more of the marvelous Nancy Kelly as the profoundly overwhelmed Christine Penmark! Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 56: The Exquisite Agony of Christine Penmark | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:51

1956's "The Bad Seed" is most well-known for being a pioneer of the "killer kid" horror sub-genre. But it also features three Oscar-nominated female performances--Patty McCormack as the pigtailed psycho Rhoda Penmark, the brilliant Eileen Heckart as drunk, grief-stricken Mrs. Daigle, and Nancy Kelly as Rhoda's poor suffering mother Christine. Kelly, who previously won the Tony in the original stage production, brings a Broadway-sized performance to the movie that is fascinating, over the top, and teeming with bold acting choices. This week I pick out a few choice meltdowns that are giving me that Toni Collette in "Hereditary" vibe I love. Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 55: The Stepford Best Friend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:31

One of my favorite things about "The Stepford Wives" is the dynamic duo of Joanna and Bobbie--two former city girls turned suburban moms who find refuge in each other's humanity in the sinister utopia of Stepford. This week I'm queening out on Paula Prentiss's wacky charm as Bobbie before breaking down my favorite micro-moments during Joanna's desperate confession to her psychiatrist in the third act. Plus: some strong feelings on the 1978 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," including a total spoiler of the infamous ending. Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 54: The Last Two Minutes of Lunch Meat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:39

If "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is the filet mignon of horror movies, this is boiled bologna at best. Today I'm digging into the ultra-obscure shot-on-video, zero budget 1987 slasher "Lunch Meat," and specifically, it's bizarre and oddly fascinating ending--and music that scores it. This Texas Chainsaw rip-off is by no means worth an entire watch, but the last two minutes are surprisingly poignant. "Lunch Meat" on YouTube: https://bit.ly/36PaSL6 Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 53: Meryl Crying Against the Dishwasher | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:39:57

It's just too much! This episode I'm queening out on Meryl Streep and Jeff Daniels' emotionally precarious minutes together in "The Hours." Julianne Moore's talking through tears and Nicole Kidman's raspy grasp of an Oscar get moments of appreciation, but it's an un-nominated Meryl melting down in her kitchen much to Jeff Daniels' effortlessly fey dismay that I've held dear all these years. I also discuss just how gay this movie is, how important that was to 17 year old me first discovering it, deep appreciation for Allison Janney as Sally, the tradition of cataloging references, Bad Hostess Syndrome, San Francisco as a city people tell you to like and which straight actors are the best at playing gay. The Louis Waters scene from "The Hours": https://bit.ly/33cjHwn Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 52: This Song Can't Get Its Sh*t Together | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:09

There are few things I love more than an over the top movie soundtrack. This week I'm highlighting some insanely good Italian horror movie soundtracks that are all over 30 years old but could have been recorded last year, and are bonkers in the best way. Plus I queen out about "Dead to Me" (all that talking through tears!), some classic child beauty pageant documentaries and the late, great, In the Details alum Olivia de Havilland. Living Dolls on YT: https://bit.ly/2PkfWxb Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 51: Good Grief | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:37:22

This week, I correct a grievous error from last week's episode that, well, no one would probably notice but me, and highlight some Blanche Devereaux nuances I forgot to mention! Plus: some thoughts on the 2007 revival of "Company," a re-appreciation of JoBeth Williams in "Poltergeist," some thoughts on the strange experience of grief and a few nuanced examples of it from "A Map of the World" and "Rabbit Hole," before wrapping things up on a high note. "Company" (2007): https://youtu.be/8fhW00fU1uQ "A Map of the World" (2000): https://youtu.be/tn63Ip1T5Gk Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 50: The Blanche Devereaux Episode | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:24

I've been wanting to celebrate Rue McClanahan's nuanced Golden Girl Blanche from the moment I first watched her figure out what "lesbian" meant. Blanche is more than just the original Samantha Jones--while she's best known for being a vivacious sexpot, Blanche has moments of wackiness, dismay, anger and confusion that make me love her even more. This week I'm highlighting ten different scenes in the series that show just how genius McClanahan's performance is (with some cameo moments from Bea and Betty!). Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 49: Rose's Last Birthday | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:52

Rose Nylund may seem like the least nuanced of the Golden Girls gals, but in one Season 6 episode, she got a whole scene to herself to prove otherwise. Betty White hand acts and self-interrupts and eventually even talks through tears in a brilliant flashback to her final birthday in St. Olaf, and this week I'm breaking it down beat by beat. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxhwuLKMhAI Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 48: The North Avenue Character Actresses (w/ Craig Filar) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:11

The North Avenue Irregulars is an admittedly obscure 1979 Disney family film, and an unlikely source of nuance. But not only is the movie teeming with double entendre and a delightfully 70's color palette, it's filled to the brim with wackadoo set pieces featuring pitch-perfect comedic actressing from like Cloris Leachman, Kim Valentine, Virginia Capers, the infamous Patsy Kelly, and patron saint of the podcast herself, Barbara Harris, as a ragtag group of church ladies banding together to bring down organized crime in their town. I'm joined this week by Craig Filar, a longtime listener who is responsible for bringing this movie and Barbara Harris into my life. Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 47: A Tearful Goodbye to Schitt's Creek (w/ Nick Kochanov!) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:54

Canadian cult favorite "Schitt's Creek" went out on a high--not only with a satisfying final season but a post-series documentary/love letter "Best Wishes, Warmest Regards." (I spend the whole episode calling it "Best Wishes, Warm Regards," I know.) My Best Supporting Podcast co-host Nick Kochanov joins me this week to queen out on the most emotional moments, from the filming of Ted and Alexis's final dinner to The Letter from the moms to the heartbreaking Sarah Levy. We discuss the ways in which we both identify with David on an emotional level, our appreciation of the appreciation of Moira Rose as a gay icon and the sheer Canadianness of it all. Follow Nick on Twitter/Instagram: Nick: @NickKochanov The No Good Very Bad Gay Podcast: @badgaypod Squirrel Friends Cocktail Hour: @SFCHpodcast Best Supporting Podcast (with me!): @bsapod Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

 Episode 46: Channeling My Inner Brenda Vaccaro | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:56

Strange times call for strange content! This week I'm queening out on some recent favorite nuances that have found their way into my life in lockdown. From a perplexing Sylvia Miles in "Midnight Cowboy" to some really wackadoo Italian horror movie soundtracks to Best Supporting Actress winner compilations on YouTube, this is an odd sampling of what's keeping me sane these days. (And that includes Brenda Vaccaro.) BSA Playlist: https://youtu.be/qOBkVJYbRnQ Get in touch with me! Email: inthedetailspod@gmail.com Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_

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