Episode 11. David Mamet Month: About Last Night

No, you're not caught in The Matrix, the déjà vu you see is us
watching both versions of About Last Night—the 1986 one with Demi
Moore, Rob Lowe, Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins and the 2014
one with Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant.
Both of which were based on David Mamet's 1970s play, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago.

As per usual, we first discuss what we watched this week. Dre
kicks off with Mike Leigh's unconventionally crafted and scripted
family drama, Secrets and Lies. Then Goodman climbs up The Dawn
Wall—a documentary about climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin
Jorgeson as they attempt to make the first ever climb up El
Capitan's Dawn Wall, a route that's been considered
impossible...can they do it? 

Then it's double About Last Night action. We jump into the
quotes, the cast and what worked and didn't work in both
versions. Did Dre & Goodman agree on both movies or was there
a tug of war?

But no discussion about rom-coms (or rom-drams) would be complete
without a slice of silky tiramisu for dessert. This week's BOOM!
(Based On Other Movies) shares our recipe:


Mascarpone cream sauce - If Lucy Fell

Ladyfingers - Pretty Woman

Espresso mixed with rum - The Graduate

Light dusting of cocoa - Ready to Wear aka Pret-a-Porter



Exquisite flavor! But can you name that film?

Last, take a ride on the Quote Parade, where we reveal all the
quotes from the episode in classic FO Show fashion.

Coming up next week, we head back to Chicago for the David
Mamet scripted The Untouchables, directed by Brian
De Palma.
SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
What we watched music: "Let's all go to the lobby" by Jack K.
Tillar (lyrics)
BOOM! music: "Daddy O" by Little Red Church
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert
The Quote Parade music: "Pelican Parade" by Richard J. Freitas
and Geraldine Brioso