Midsommar vs Hereditary - Listener Feedback & Response

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Welcome to this listener feedback and response edition

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of the Silver Screen Happy Hour.

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I'm Chris Wiegand, along

with my brother Jerome.

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I got a message from a woman

that I know from Clubhouse.

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Her name's Ashley Feller.

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Ashley is out of Florida.

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And I just wanted to play

this message for you.

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Because it was quite cool

to get a kind of a surprise.

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Let me play this.

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Ashley: Hey y'all.

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I just wanted to tell you how much

I enjoyed your most recent episode.

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That covers mainly Midsummer, but

some of Silence of the Lambs as well.

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Midsummer and Silence of the Lambs are

both two of my favorite films ever.

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And I could watch them over and over

and I have very few films do I do

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that, but those two I have and I

think that y'all did a fantastic job

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covering it and bringing up things

that I've watched those movies multiple

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times and I completely missed some

of the parts that y'all brought up.

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So that is so cool.

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Was wondering if y'all had

by chance seen Hereditary.

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That's another film by Ari Aster.

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that even though they're not related,

you can kind of, they touch on

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similar themes and that's, that's

another great film, but also equally,

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if not as disturbing as midsummer.

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In fact, I think I'm more afraid

of Hereditary than Midsummer.

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Um, anyway, I just

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Chris: She got cut off

there, but wasn't that cool?

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So, I wanted to respond to Ashley,

um, so, and I think, didn't we

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cover a little bit, you mentioned

Hereditary while we were recording,

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but that might have been in, um, the

Silence of the Lambs part, part two?

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Jerome: Probably.

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Uh, first, Ashley, uh, thank

you for the message, and...

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Chris: pull your mic over.

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Jerome: Oh, sorry.

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Is this better?

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Chris: Yep.

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Jerome: Ashley, thank you for the

message, and, um, just so you know...

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There is a sequel coming.

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The Silence of the Lambs will

have its own hour plus episode

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that we drop Halloween night.

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So, we only kind of mention Silence of

the Lambs in the first show because it

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has its own whole segment coming up.

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So, we're excited for that

and I hope you are too.

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So, Hereditary.

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Uh, I've gone back and

forth on Hereditary.

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Um...

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She is correct in the aspect

that it is more disturbing.

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Chris: Yeah, and this is one, I think

I told you, I have not seen it yet.

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Jerome: Right, and not to ruin anything

for you specifically as well, I remember

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telling you that it has one of the most

horrific, I'll just say, death scenes.

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Um, involving a light post, and

those that have seen it know

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exactly what I'm talking about.

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I'm not going to say anything else.

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If you haven't seen it, you have to watch.

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It's almost worth watching for

that scene alone, because I

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didn't see that coming at all.

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That was like, it's like, you know,

when you're watching a movie, you

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kind of get a sense on where it's

going, and when that scene happens...

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And it's not like the ending or anything,

it happens in the middle of the movie,

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you're like what the fuck, like everything

just, at, at that point all fucking

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cards are off the table, you have no

idea what's going on at that point.

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So, um, we could probably pick it

apart on one of these shows, but

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I had some problems with, script.

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I, I really did with as far as like,

uh, where it just tries to 180 you at

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the end and you have to then go back.

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Uh, Hereditary is definitely

one of those movies you gotta

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watch like two or three times.

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Because uh, if you watch it

just the one time, you're gonna

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walk away going, what the hell?

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That doesn't make any sense.

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But if you go back and watch it a second

time or a third time, you're like, oh,

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I kind of see where, okay, yeah, got it.

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But it's, um.

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It's, it's, to me it's not anywhere

near as good as Midsommar, that's just,

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Midsommar's, I think, uh, like I said

on our podcast, it was my favorite movie

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of 2019, and it's definitely creeping

its way onto my top ten, but that,

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you have to understand, my top ten.

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It's a prestigious line of work, so

to crack my top ten, I mean, you're

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talking about dealing with shit like

The Godfather and Goodfellas, so.

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Chris: I was gonna say, it's

almost like in the Catholic Church.

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You can't just canonize someone a saint.

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It has to stand the test of time.

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We have to see miracles, you know.

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Jerome: Don't they have to be, like,

tortured and burned alive, too?

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Chris: Well, it doesn't hurt.

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Well, it does hurt, but...

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It doesn't hurt their

chances of becoming a saint.

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Jerome: It doesn't hurt.

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Ask the guys at the end of

Midsommar if it hurts or not.

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Chris: So anyways, I just wanted to

play that, say thank you Ashley for

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listening and for your comments.

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We really appreciate them.

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And if you would like to send us, uh, some

feedback on one of our shows, or if you

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completely disagree with us on something,

um, let us know and, uh, we'll get you

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on our next podcast and, uh, Let you have

your, your say Again, thank you, Ashley.

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We really appreciate it.

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Ashley is the podcast host of

the Sunshine State Showcase.

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They have a great show and they celebrate,

support, and amplify the vibrant

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arts and culture scene of Florida.

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Yes, I just read that off her page,

but it is awesome, and I actually

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sent her, uh, a friend of mine

uh, to have, have her look up.

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Someone I know, uh, who's a musician

down there, so I'm hoping to see him

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on a future uh, episode of her podcast.

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But check it out, especially if you're

planning a vacation in Florida, or if

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you live in Florida, listen to her show

and you'll have new doors open to you.