In Minute 111 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike look at the history of the legendary green pin (and our awesome pins available on Patreon), take a side trip to Mike’s intimidating leather jacket-wearing college years, talk about the problems of provenance in Mike’s Museum Corner, especially when it comes to alien artifacts, our return to the beginning of the film through the pin, memories of the fairytale narrator who’s never appeared again, and how that fits Velvet Goldmine’s postmodern aesthetic, how Mike doesn’t like The Neverending Story, how cute Ewan McGregor is as 1984 Curt, how Curt’s dual flashbacks to his lovers Brian and Arthur use the same film stock and how that signifies nostalgia, Curt’s peeing off the side of the Rainbow Theater and the role of urine in gay and in transgressive art from Warhol to Mapplethorpe to Serrano, how the pin represents something Arthur still cannot access within himself, and how the pin represents handing on an artistic, musical, and cultural legacy.
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The Whole Shebang Minute 120: Byeee
The Whole Shebang Minute 119: Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Highly Intentional
The Whole Shebang Minute 118: Microfiche vs. Swordfights
The Whole Shebang Minute 117: I Shouldn’t Have Laughed At The Clapper Loader
The Whole Shebang Minute 116: Grips and Gaffers and Boys, Oh My!
The Whole Shebang Minute 115: Fade Away Never
The Whole Shebang Minute 114: The Curtain Call
The Whole Shebang Minute 113: JENNY’S THEORY!!!! OMG.
The Whole Shebang Minute 112: All Kinds of Shenanigans
The Whole Shebang Minute 110: Changing Worlds, Changing Selves
The Whole Shebang Minute 109: The Curt Wild Zoom
The Whole Shebang Minute 108: Don’t Be A Dick At The Wrap Party
The Whole Shebang Minute 107: Indie Bands Don’t Revolve
The Whole Shebang Minute 106: A Tartan Rug and a Thermos of Bovril
The Whole Shebang Minute 105: Phantom of the Opera vs. Close Encounters
The Whole Shebang Minute 104: Romantic Folderol
The Whole Shebang Minute 103: The Easy Mode of Undressing
The Whole Shebang Minute 102: Fan-tasy
The Whole Shebang Minute 101: Is It Carthur or Arurt?
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