Shoot This Now
Summary: We talk about true stories that we think should be made into TV shows or movies. First we talk about why they belong on-screen -- then we talk about how we'd like to see them on-air: Who should direct, who should write, who should star. We dig up lesser-known people whose stories deserve to be told, forgotten moments in history, and fresh angles on very familiar memories.Your hosts, Tim and Deirdre, are married writers who only recommend stories that we would personally want to see. Join us and follow us at @ShootThisNowPod. Thanks! We love you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Antonia Brenner wasn't the most likely woman to become a nun, much less a nun who moved into a Tijuana prison: Born into a wealthy family in Beverly Hills, she was a twice-divorced mother of seven when she chose to live in Tijuana's notorious La Mesa to care for its forgotten inmates. In 1994, she single-handedly stopped a Halloween-night prison riot. She became known as the Prison Angel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Every week on "Shoot This Now" we talk about a different story that should be a movie. This week: That time "wickedest man in the world" Aleister Crowley and poet Victor Benjamin Neuburg to bring a demon into the world using "sex magick" We learned about this incident from Dan Cummins' wonderful "Timesuck" podcast: https://timesuckpodcast.com/Episodes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this special bonus episode, we talk to "Atlanta Monster" host and co-creator Payne Lindsey and co-creator Donald Albright about the odds of an "Atlanta Monster" TV show, the frustrations of talking to Wayne Williams, and whether Williams' musical group, "Gemini," ever had a chance. "He lied to me about some very crucial things," Lindsey says. They also talk about the status of their "Up and Vanished" TV show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this, our name-droppingest episode ever, we discuss Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner's Goop Podcast discussion of the time 19-year-old Gwyneth shared a stage with a drunken Christopher Walken. Then, Tim recounts another embarrassing tale of ingenue meets drunkard at an "SNL" cast party, which spurs Trey and Matt to describe encounters with "Entourage" cast members. Finally, Tim talks about meeting Michael Jackson. Email: tim@thewrap.com Twitter: @mattdonnelly @trey3williams See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Every week we talk about stories that should be movies. This episode: TheWrap film reporter Trey Williams tells us about 23-year-old slave Robert Smalls, who seized a Confederate ship to free his family and crewmembers - then helped win the Civil War and integrate the Navy. We also talk about Kanye West, why so many movies about slavery follow the same Oscar-baity but predictable formula, and the "This American Life" account of how an Oakland student inspired Steven Spielberg to make "Amistad." Follow us on Twitter: @Trey3Williams @MattDonnelly @TimAMolloy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We talk about stories that should be movies. This week, Matt and Tim have a healthy, no-dumb-jokes discussion about a "This American Life" episode in which menstrual blood almost gets a woman in trouble with the NYPD. We also play "Know Your Hemsworths." Check Jillian Welsh's story, "Aunt Flo," here: http://risk-show.com/podcast/unthinkable/ ...and email us at tim@thewrap.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sean Hannity got Jimmy Kimmel to apologize this week for homophobic jokes, but Sean Hannity was fired for homophobic comments from his first radio gig as a DJ at UC Santa Barbara. The result was an insane fight between UCSB and the ACLU, where surprising alliances were forged. Email us: tim@thewrap.com Tweet: @mattdonnelly or @timamolloy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We talk about stories that should be made into movies. This week: How the Tylenol murders offer a masterclass in crisis PR -- one Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should study. Plus: Why we think Michael Keaton should star in our story, and how it relates to the Unabomber and "The Devil in the White City." Follow @timamolloy and @mattdonnelly, or email tim@thewrap.com to tell us what stories you want made into movies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We have a special treat: A bonus episode of "Low Key," the new podcast Tim is making with Aaron Lanton and Keith Dennie. Our first journey with the crew explores the key themes of "Black Panther" that went unnoticed. For example, is there such a thing as a good ethnostate? How does vibranium work as an allegory? Why do people believe Eric Killmonger is more empathetic than T'Challa? Let's go! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Angela Davis was a Black revolutionary professor catapulted to the national stage when California Gov. Ronald Reagan fired her from UCLA in 1969. A year later, she became the third woman ever on the FBI's Most Wanted List. She has appeared in documentaries like "The Black Power Mixtape" and Ava DuVernay's "13th," but never in a biopic. We think that needs to change. Listen to Angela Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGPGNJpaE0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, we talk about comics that deserve to be movies with TheWrap's comic maestro, Umberto Gonzales - aka @ElMayimbe. We talk about why Ninjak, Ann Nocenti's X-Men spinoff "Beauty and the Beast" (featuring ex-disco star Dazzler) and Calvin & Hobbes should be movies. And why Dazzler should be played by Janelle Monae, not Taylor Swift. Here's Ira Madison III's piece on Grace Jones' influence on Dazzler: http://www.mtv.com/news/2911767/the-queer-importance-of-dazzler-marvels-disco-inspired-rollerskating-superheroine/ This week's music: Donna Summer's "Sunset People" See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Every episode, we talk about stories that should be movies -- except this time. Because our special guest, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, has guested on "RuPaul's Drag Race," and reveals to us how they WORK IT behind the scenes. Check out JBC's podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-others/id1350187465?mt=2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this, our best episode, we're joined by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, star of "UnREAL" and host of "JBC Presents Conversations With Others." On "UnREAL" he plays a reality show producer, so we talk about the greatest reality show ever: MTV's "The Real World" Season 3, when Puck and Pedro Zamora fought for the soul of reality TV. Was it a place to inform and educate? Or to stage fake drama? Check out Bowyer-Chapman's "JBC Presents Conversations With Others" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-others/id1350187465?mt=2 And watch "UnREAL" on Lifetime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week's episode is inspired by the Slenderman case and "Black Mirror." How do you sentence kids who commit crimes because they can't tell the internet from real life? And is there still a difference? Also, Matt casually mentions that he used to live in the Hillside Strangler house. No biggie. Thanks to the Mic Dicta podcast and "Black Mirror" for inspiration. Also, here's a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=F9-twvfH3pk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Though Tim messed up the intro this week (sorry), "Shoot This Now" is the podcast where he and Matt talk about stories that should be movies. This week we're joined by Brian Welk, who talks about a Wired story about a man who hacked OK Cupid to find love. Here's the Wired story: https://www.wired.com/2014/01/how-to-hack-okcupid/ Here's Matt's interview about the "Black Mirror" episode "Hang the DJ" with Francesca Hogi: https://www.thewrap.com/black-mirror-hang-the-dj-digital-dating-expert-francesca-hogi/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
