{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Scary Thoughts #123 - The Substance (Coralie Fargeat \u2013 2024) with Monique Jenkinson aka Fauxnique","description":" The Substance (2024) is a nearly perfect example of what we like in movies. It\u2019s dripping with weighty ideas about bodies and power\u2019s putrid hold on humanity. The director is an alluring French woman who appears to be a deep fan of all the dark shit we\u2019re into. The actors are going for it hard. The effects are practical. It\u2019s absurdly gory and fun. To conversate and celebrate this body horror peak, we\u2019re joined by Monique Jenkinson\u2013who needs little introduction to our audience\u2013but just in case, she\u2019s an artist, choreographer, and writer best known for her work as a Bay-Area-based drag icon. She sometimes pastes magazine photography to herself, though not always to conceal the transformative effects of black market beauty regimens.  This is a focused episode where we get deep into the film and its perennial themes. We talk about the design of biohacker products, how youth is wasted on the young, our aging aches and pains, and the differences in how the male and female gazes approach butt shots.   If you\u2019ve been enjoying our Alien run, fear not, we will be returning to that soon enough. We needed a break from Weyland-Yutani\u2019s corporate culture.  For now, enjoy this conversation about a great film that actually came out this year. ","author_name":"Scary Thoughts","author_url":"http:\/\/scarythoughts.org","html":"