Piercing Pop Culture
Piercing Pop Culture
Podcast Description
Film critic and film historian Kimberly Pierce invites you down a rabbit hole of the joy of popular culture and nostalgia. There will be film history, classic entertainment, and even talk about entertainment news, trailers, and updates.
Enjoy the journey!
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Explores themes of film history, classic entertainment, and popular culture nostalgia, with episodes covering topics like TV westerns of the 1960s and the impact of writers such as Kathleen Hite, alongside discussions on modern releases and nostalgic films like Adam and Six Eves.
Film critic and film historian Kimberly Pierce invites you down a rabbit hole of the joy of popular culture and nostalgia. There will be film history, classic entertainment, and even talk about entertainment news, trailers, and updates.
Enjoy the journey!
This week, Kim tries to tackle all things “beach movie” because summer will be here before we know it. She talks her background with the beach films, AIP and more about 1960s teen culture before taking a deep dive into the 1964 delight Ride the Wild Surf.
Clips used this week:
“Beach Party”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CReAdMjpXIU
“I Think/You Think”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Man5OPUUxtw
Dick Dale “Surfin and A-Swingin'”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-GtC-pHUFo
“Follow Your Leader”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AliFvKYIVVQ
Timothy Carey in Beach Blanket Bingo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOgG2rjXlc
“Venus”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakpqLDEQAo
“Ride the Wild Surf”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbjJbncMwE
“Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT9QZBGyXjU&t=4s
“Reproduction”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ygx2qljUQM
Tab Hunter Singing “Young Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCC5CeiL3-U
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