The Right Stuff launches our scoring into the stratosphere along with the Mercury 7, and our conversation orbits our late grandfathers, poppy-fields movies, witty takedowns of bureaucracy, Mrs. Grissom agonistes, flaming wienies, when critics willfully miss the point, and actors playing non-actors who are bad at acting. This is the best and the Quaidiest film we've contemplated yet, so supply your own helmets and have a listen.
Overall score: 9
QQQ score: 9
SHOW NOTES
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If we're not going to hear The Dennissance (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dennissance/id1503394153), one of y'all should
Pauline Kael's review (https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/2020/07/05/the-right-stuff-review-pauline-kael/) of The Right Stuff
Vanity Fair's oral history of TRS (https://www.wired.com/2014/11/oral-history-of-right-stuff/)
