Outrageous Fortune

May 24, 2024

It took some fits and starts and couple of meltdowns by our editor (Bradley) but the Outrageous Fortune spectacular is finally here!  In this episode, Bradley and Sean dig deep into the well-known lack of camaraderie between Bette and Shelley Long while working on the picture, and the facts might surprise you! We also talk about how the character of Stanislav Korzenowski might be a play on the Konstantin Stanislavski and Bradley spends much of the episode confusing the two names not noticing. Finally, we even make a connection to Avril Lavinge’s 2002 hit Sk8r Boi!

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SHOW NOTES

 

Here are the original TikTok videos Bradley did about the feud in 2021

Konstantin Stanislavski

Bette's tweet about the campus protests 

The Hamlet soliloquy that gave us the phrase "Outrageous Fortune"

“Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis],” Midler told the Houston Voice, “I’m still proud of those days [when I got my start singing at the gay bathhouses]. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of ‘Bathhouse Betty’ with pride.”

The eternally handsome Christopher (sometimes just Chris) McDonald

The AV Club interview with Bronson Pinchot

The Washington Post article that cracks the feud wide open

Avril Lavinge's "Sk8r Boi"

Jerry Zaks, who cameos as the smoke shop proprietor, has a long career directing for the stage and screen, including directing Bette's 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!

Another famous on-set feud