Jan 10, 2021
This week Raquel and Raphael tackle “Mr. Pygmalion Goes To Washington,” better known as George Cukor’s 1950 comedy masterpiece, Born Yesterday. This is one of Raquel’s favorite movies, and to her surprise, one of Raphael’s as well. Why does Raquel love “broads” like Billie Dawn? Which of the Bush children did Raphael do an Easter egg roll with at the White House? Is William Holden’s character just another paternalistic man interfering in a woman’s life? All these questions answered, and less, in this black and white episode of The Generation Splice. (Also, apologies for the technical issues with the sound. We know it sounds pretty off. We didn’t notice them until after recording and did our very best to fix them. Please believe us! Thanks.)
The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies.
Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at generationsplice@gmail.com or @gensplicepod on Twitter.
Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com
The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.