In Minute 77 of The Whole Shebang, we finish looking at Arthur and Mandy’s confrontation about Arthur hearing the rest of the story of the fall of Brian Slade, take a brief silly detour into talking about goths’ mycological method of reproduction, Arthur’s ambivalence about his glam fandom in the 1984 period and how the movie expertly uses the two time periods to reveal details of the characters, the power of nostalgia, its inherent melancholy, and how it is the engine at the center of Velvet Goldmine, how we can’t trust Arthur’s perceptions of 1984 and how Arthur’s grim view of the world could have to do with his finally growing up, how Arthur’s attitude about the Brian Slade story has taken a complete 180 from disdain to fascination, Mandy’s complex opinion of Curt as an empty symbol and Arthur’s reaction to this, and Mandy’s apparent mood ring!
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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 111: Plosive and Penultimate
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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