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 20: Will You Take Donald Clark Osmond To Be Your Lawfully Wedded Husband
The Whole Shebang Minute 19: Running The Gauntlet
The Whole Shebang Minute 18: The Object of Arthur's Desire
The Whole Shebang Minute 17: The World Is His Potato
The Whole Shebang Minute 16: Let Them Eat Cake
The Whole Shebang Minute 15: Camp Fascism
The Whole Shebang Minute 14: The Remarkable Rocket
The Whole Shebang Minute 13: The Iridescence And The Interplay
The Whole Shebang Minute 12: London Is Improving
The Whole Shebang Minute 11: Perfect And Poisonous
The Whole Shebang Minute 10: Lipstick And The Other One
The Whole Shebang Minute 9: Rainbowman and Hypeman
The Whole Shebang Minute 8: Conga Lines of Dead Crows
The Whole Shebang Minute 7: Trent Reznor's Almond
The Whole Shebang Minute 6: Running In Platforms
The Whole Shebang Minute 5: Treats Other Instruments
The Whole Shebang Minute 4: Singled Out For A Great Gift
The Whole Shebang Minute 3: A Nugget Of Purest Green
The Whole Shebang Minute 2: Wafty British Narration
The Whole Shebang Minute 1: Pop And Question Mark
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