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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 42m

I have :)

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 42m

Duuude. What a great movie. Which of Jessica Yu’s other docs have you seen?

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 4h

By the way, QUIZ LADY director Jessica Yu directed the next two (upcoming) episodes of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

My conversation with her is in my new book BREAK THE FRAME and also part of our 24 movie BREAK THE FRAME FESTIVAL this month

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Jessica Yu

Jessica Yu is a director on Only Murders in the Building. Untitled Mad Magazine Project (????) Only Murders in the Building (2024) American Horror Story (2023) Quiz Lady (2023) Citadel (2023) This Is ...

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 4h

One of my favorite jokes in QUIZ LADY. Turns entirely on the words "racist" and "Oh, hi" (6/6)

QUIZ LADY (2023, HULU) directed by Jessica Yu whom I spoke to for my book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS (#BTFF)

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Quiz Lady | "Get Back In The Trunk" Official Clip | Streaming on Hulu Nov 3

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

Jessica Yu on the movie that feels the most like QUIZ LADY:

I think of comedies like LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, where you go in, and you get so much more than you thought."

This is absolutely true. QUIZ LADY IS A WONDERFUL movie (4/?)

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Quiz Lady (2023)

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s belov...

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

I had forgotten QUIZ LADY dir. by Jessica Yu (as part of this month's BREAK THE FRAME FESTIVAL of 24 movies directed contains one of the great "I just took drugs" scenes of recent memory. Starring Awkwafina & Sandra Oh. Scene set to H. Styles's "Watermelon Sugar"

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Quiz lady(2023) Anne takes drugs to prevent getting nervous scene

YouTube video by ReversedClips

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

Trailer for QUIZ LADY (2023, HULU) one of my favorite go to comedies directed by Jessica Yu. As part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies by women directors we're watching this whole month (3/?) (#BTFF)

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Quiz Lady | Official Trailer | Hulu

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

QUIZ LADY (2023. On HULU) starring Awkwafina & Sandra Oh in a sisters road trip is one of my favorite funny movies of recent memory. I was fortunate to speak with its director Jessica Yu for my book of conversations with women directors called BREAK THE FRAME

www.imdb.com/title/tt1340...

(2/?)

Quiz Lady (2023) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy

1h 39m | R

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

All this month we are watching 24 movies directed by the women directors I interviewed in my book BREAK THE FRAME. We're calling this the BREAK THE FRAME FESTIVAL (#BTFF)

Complete list of films is below.. This week we will be discussing... (1/?)

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BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL

A list of 23 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Clueless (1995), Harlan County U.S.A. (1976), Daughters of the Dust (1991), The Watermelon Woman (1996) and Real Women Have Curves (2002).

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

Yessir! Absolutely!

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

Lee Greenwood is on his fifth wife. What's that you said about role models?

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 9h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 5h

For all the Michiganders out there, there's a new book out about the Edmund Fitzgerald

johnubacon.com/the-gales-of...

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 9h

Fair. The Deer Hunter ain’t no coal mining movie either

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 19h

Where does it rank in the Harlem county USA, Pride, Matewan, coal mining movie hall of fame?

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 1d

Strong move.

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 1d

We are watching 24 movies dir. by women this month and calling it the BREAK THE FRAME FILM FESTIVAL (#BTFF).

Next.

QUIZ LADY (2023) dir. by Jessica Yu. On Hulu

Sandra Oh & Awkwafina in a road trip comedy. Awkwafina he square, Sandra Oh the train wreck.

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's a first cousin to Walter Sobcheck in THE BIG LEBOWSKI saying "You divorce wives, dude, not G-d!"

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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a deep dive on CLUELESS, written and directed by Amy Heckerling, the first of our 24 movies directed by women you can watch as part of our Break the Frame.

We'll be back tomorrow with a Sisterly Road Movie that's a laugh riot (hint hint).

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 1d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (11/11)

and One of One...

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (10/?)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (9/?)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (8/?)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (7/?)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (6/?)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 2d

For the conclusion of our first movie, CLUELESS, as part of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies, all dir. by women, (#BTFF)

Since we're talking about one of histories most quotable movies, what is your favorite quote from the following CLUELESS character? (5/?)