Hannah Long – It Should Happen To You

Is it better to conform than to be famous? Should fame be linked to talent and to significance?

Brent is joined by Hannah Long to discuss the actress Judy Holliday and her 1954 comedy ‘It Should Happen To You’ with Jack Lemmon and Peter Lawford and directed by George Cukor.

Hannah is a passionate cinephile.  She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’ and ‘Angelus News’.  

• (1:00) Judy Holliday;
• (5:10) The title of the movie;
• (11:15) The cast, the writer and the director;
• (13:20) New York in the movie;
• (15:10) Is Gladys the first social media influencer?
• (17:00) New York society and celebrity culture in the 50’s;
• (17:50) C.S.Lewis and the theory of the inner ring;
• (19:10) Pete;
• (22:20) Women and marriage in the 50’s.

Links mentioned in this episode:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Holliday

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