{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"193. TIFF: Why Stuffed, the taxidermy romance starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling, needed to be a musical","description":"What happens when a lonely taxidermist looking for her first human subject meets a lonely man willing to volunteer for the job? Apparently, you get a musical romance. In this episode, I\u2019m talking about Theo Rhys\u2019s Stuffed, starring Jodie Comer as taxidermist Araminta and Harry Melling as Bernie, which had its world premiere at TIFF. The songs themselves may not be particularly memorable, but Stuffed does something I\u2019m always hoping a movie musical will do: it actually has a reason to be a musical. I dig into how the film uses song to connect Araminta and Bernie before they\u2019ve even met, to give us access to feelings they struggle to communicate to each other, and \u2014 perhaps most interestingly \u2014 when it decides not to let them sing. Plus: why I nearly walked out of this two-hour taxidermy musical several times\u2026and why I kept sitting back down. Want to join me for my upcoming free online event on The Worst Person in the World? We\u2019ll dig into how the film lets it dawn on us that it\u2019s dawning on Julie that her life no longer fits. \ud83d\udc49 Join my email list at&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/email.seventh-row.com, and I\u2019ll send you an invitation. ","author_name":"Seventh Row Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/seventh-row.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42894445\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206266025"}