Pop Rocket Ep. 204 From Dafoes Van Gogh to Hayeks Frida: A Look at Hollywoods Attempt to Make Art about Artists

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 11:55 p.m.

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How right, but mostly how wrong, does Hollywood get it when it comes to capturing artists in film? Margaret Wappler asks these very questions of her esteemed panel. And this, the panel is comprised of LA Times staff writer\\xa0Carolina Miranda, who covers visual arts, culture and architecture, media scholar and TV critic\\xa0Sarah Kessler--filling in for her under-the-weather wife Karen Tongson--and Cal Arts professor and visual artist\\xa0David P Earle, who is better known to Pop Rocket listeners as father to Silas and husband to our very own Margaret Wappler.

From Mike Leigh\'s\\xa0Mr. Turner\\xa0to Antonio Banderas\'s Golden Globe-nominated performance in\\xa0Genius: Picasso, the crew highlights all the tired tropes Hollywood can\\u2019t resist when depicting artists. They\\u2019ll tell you about the films that get it right, and the films that get it deliciously wrong. Plus, why are all the portrayals of Andy Warhol on the big screen so...different? Was the real Andy Warhol more like Crispin Glover in\\xa0The Doors\\xa0or David Bowie in Julian Schnabel\'s\\xa0Basquiat? Does Salma Hayek really do\\xa0Frida\\xa0justice? And which actress nails the stereotype of the insufferable, pretentious artist on the head? Join us as we try to suss out: is art about art art, or t-shirt at the giftshop bullshit?

All Abouts

Sarah is all about Valerie Solanas\'s\\xa0SCUM Manifesto\\xa0with forward by Michelle Tea.

Carolina is all about narco-novelas, in particular Netflix\'s\\xa0Narcos: Mexico\\xa0starring Diego Luna.

David is all about his algorithmically generated list of top songs of 2018 from\\xa0Spotify.

Margaret is all about the 18th century period piece\\xa0The Favourite, a feminist reimagining of Queen Anne\'s court starring Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman.

That\'s My Jam

Sarah -\\xa0Laura Branigan - Gloria

David -\\xa0Saba - LOGOUT

Carolina -\\xa0The Bucketheads - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)

Margaret-\\xa0Katz\\xf9 Oso - Crazy4luvinU

With\\xa0Margaret Wappler,\\xa0David Earle,\\xa0Carolina Miranda, and\\xa0Sarah Rebecca Kessler.

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Produced by\\xa0Laura Swisher\\xa0for\\xa0MaximumFun.org. Edited by\\xa0Shana Daloria.

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