The movie
Show notes
In this episode of the show our show the May voyage through 80s sex comedies with something a bit classier on this occasion as we discuss the 1983 Risky Business . Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie fits into the short-lived trend of sex-tinged coming-of-age movies coming out of Hollywood at this time and how it functions as a continuation of a deeper conversation about youth anxieties dating all the way back to The Graduate and Five Easy Pieces . We talk about how young Tom Cruise embodied his role and perhaps why it might be hard to see him as a performer capable of disappearing into his characters, how the movie speaks to Reagan's America, how the film makes removing all furniture from a house deceptively easy and how the score by Tangerine Dream both heightens the mood and hides the campness of its central conceit. Tune in and enjoy! Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Head over to uncutgemspodcast.com to find all of our archival episodes and more! Follow us on Twitter ( @UncutGemsPod ), IG ( @UncutGemsPod ) and Facebook (@UncutGemsPod)
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