{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Special Subject - Elise\u2019s Family Freak-Outs \u2013 Part 1 - TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) and THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS (2001)","description":" With this episode we launch the first of Elise's three-part Special Subject, Family Freak-Outs. We start with some musings about how to define this micro-genre, what makes it different from a standard family melodrama and its relationship to horror, and then we move into our first two freak-outs, Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger (1990) and Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenebaums (2001). While the problems these families are dealing with in their very specific milieus of middle-class black South Central LA and upper-middle-class white fairy-tale Manhattan are very different, the capacity to freak out may be a universal feature of the family; and in these two movies, at least, freaking out can lead to healing. Then a quick Fear and Moviegoing in honour of Catherine O'Hara's passing, Christopher Guest's Best in Show. Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:       Microgeneric Musing Re: Freak-Outs 0h 06m 03s:       TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) [dir. Charles Burnett] 0h 31m 50s:       THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001) [dir. Wes Anderson] 1h 03m 22s:       Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: Christopher Guest\u2019s Best in Show (2000) at the Carlton Cinema (Catherine O\u2019Hara Tribute) +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d * Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!  ","author_name":"There's Sometimes a Buggy: Irresponsible Opinions About Classic Film","author_url":"http:\/\/timetravel.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"