{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Stakeout (1987)","description":"This week, Shat The Movies parks the surveillance van and cracks open Stakeout, the 1987 buddy-cop hit that proved Richard Dreyfuss could be both wildly neurotic and a believable romantic lead. Gene and Big D revisit this Reagan-era crowd-pleaser to figure out how a movie about police spying on a civilian somehow became a rom-com, a workplace comedy and an action-thriller all at once. The guys dig into Dreyfuss\u2019s escalating obsession, Emilio Estevez\u2019s mustachioed energy, and how the film casually treats stalking, harassment and undercover ethics as punchlines. They break down hot crooks, the very loose definition of \u201cprofessional boundaries,\u201d and why Madeleine Stowe\u2019s character exists mostly to react to men behaving badly. Along the way, they debate whether&amp;nbsp;Stakeout works because of its chemistry\u2014or in spite of everything happening onscreen. Is Stakeout a charming artifact from a time when movies trusted charisma over logic, or just proof that \u201980s law enforcement comedies lived in a completely different moral universe?  Android: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/android Apple\/iTunes: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/apple  Help Support the Podcast  Contact Us: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/contact Commission Movie: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/support Support with Paypal: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/paypal Support With Venmo: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/venmo Shop Merchandise: https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guyznite Produced by Elias Adams  ","author_name":"Shat the Movies: 80's &amp; 90's Best Film Review","author_url":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40083740\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/d83508\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40083740"}