{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6904acdd3906f8011ab3a6d7/6a26cd63dd95c87263c2bd3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Philadelphia: Pride, Prejudice & Peak Performances","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6904acdd3906f8011ab3a6d7/1780927444215-b2b3d058-c80a-4afa-84ec-ffb8de76c5dd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For Pride month we’re looking back at a key, tragic moment in LGBT+ history, the AIDS crisis, and watching Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning legal drama, <em>Philadelphia</em>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Molly and Chloe enter the court with Best Actor-winner Tom Hanks and his maverick lawyer Denzel Washington, and give their verdicts on the film’s representation of gay men, homophobia and early 90s attitudes towards HIV-positive people, and how the directing style veers from formal to movingly surreal.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus<strong> </strong>we bang the gavel on the movie’s most 90s details and award some of the best moments, and present some films to watch next - from queer rep onscreen to against-the-odds legal dramas.</p><p><br></p><p>The quote at the start is from David Ansen’s <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/tis-not-jolly-season-190784\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1993 review</a> in <em>Newsweek</em>. We also reference Roger Ebert’s <a href=\"https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/philadelphia-1994\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">review</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>‘<a href=\"https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/philadelphia-un-packaging-hollywood-aids-drama\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia</a>: un-packaging the Hollywood AIDS drama’ by Amy Taubin for<em> Sight and Sound</em>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/total90srecall/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>: @total90srecall</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the other films we recommended on<a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/total90srecall/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Letterboxd</a></p><p><br></p><p>Got an episode suggestion? Email us: total90srecall@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p>Find all our links <a href=\"https://lnk.bio/Total90sRecall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>!</p>","author_name":"Chloe Sackur & Molly Merwin"}