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Kathy Bates earned a much deserved Oscar for playing delusional and occasionally demented devotee Annie Wilkes to poor James Caan\u2019s critically injured Paul Sheldon in \u201cMisery,\u201d and we spend most of this week\u2019s episode praising her performance. We also Mary out on the overarching metaphor of addiction, the cautionary tale of Annie the Toxic Fan, Frances Sternhagen\u2019s welcomed presence and fashioned sense as Deputy Virginia, what the movie would be like if Paul were a woman and played by Viola Davis, and some hot takes on Kathy Bates\u2019s filmography. Plus: Warren Beatty\u2019s contribution, Stephen King\u2019s books, the importance of Judy Parfitt in \u201cDelores Claiborne,\u201d and of course that sweet little goose, Misery the pig.\nPatreon:\xa0www.patreon.com/alrightmary\nEmail:\xa0alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com\nTwitter: @alrightmary\nJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) // @johnnyalso1 (Twitter)\nColin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram) // @colindrucker\xa0(Twitter)\nWeb:\nwww.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/\nwww.alrightmary.com\nBetterHelp Promo: betterhelp.com/AlrightMary\n(discount code: AlrightMary)