What's your favorite scary movie? Culture writer Lindsay Lee Wallace joins us to revisit Wes Craven's slasher-reinvention "SCREAM" as it nears its 25th anniversary. We discuss the film's sensational cast of rising stars, its brilliant subversion of well-worn (and fundamentally conservative) slasher tropes, and the distinctively personal meditation on grief and loss that elevate the film beyond its genre constraints. We also talk the most recent developments in the ongoing IATSE negotiations and the recent tragedy on the set of "Rust".
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Read Lindsay's piece "Why Women Watch Horror" for Blood Knife Mag
Read Lindsay's piece "Culture of Fear: 10 TV and Film Workers Call Out Hollywood Exploitation" for Bitch Media
Some Resources to support IATSE and its members (courtesy of Lindsay):
- Fundraiser for Halyna Hutchins’ family, from IATSE Local 600: https://gofund.me/4ed44435
- The Halyna Hutchins Memorial Scholarship Fund at the American Film Institute: https://afi.com/halyna-hutchins-scholarship-fund/…
- Aggregated petitions related to IATSE worker issues: https://iatse.net/take-action/
- IATSE Safety Hotline: If you are on a film set, you can call to report unsafe conduct on any set with an IATSE contract, even if you’re not a union worker: 844-422-9273 (IATSE safety hotline also has an app, IATSE Safety Info, available for Apple and android devices)
- Follow the @ia_stories Instagram account to read firsthand accounts of experiences people have had working in the industry
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