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The Channing SalonEpisode 08: Step Up 2: The StreetsRachel & Rachel discuss sequel tropes, art school politics, and Moose in STEP UP 2: THE STREETS (2008). Tragically, our pitch for a rebooted Footloose Cinematic Universe was cut for time.CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode contains discussion of racist movie tropes.Our next episode on STOP-LOSS (2008) is coming your way October 18th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-09-221h 03The Channing SalonEpisode 07: Battle In SeattleRachel & Rachel discuss cops, shirtlessness, and the mystery of the missing Joshua Jackson in BATTLE IN SEATTLE (2007). Seriously, if you know who Joshua Jackson plays in this movie, please tell us.CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode discusses on screen depictions of police brutality and miscarriage.Our next episode on STEP UP 2: THE STREETS (2008) is coming your way September 21st!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-08-191h 04The Channing SalonEpisode 06: Step UpRachel & Rachel discuss perfunctory romance, tights, and the eternal conflict of basketball vs. dancing in STEP UP (2006). Tragically, our discussion of whether Anne Fletcher should have directed CATS (2019) was cut for time.Our next episode on BATTLE IN SEATTLE (2007) is coming your way August 16th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-07-211h 16The Channing SalonEpisode 05: She's the ManRachel & Rachel discuss identity-swapping comedy, the All-American Rejects, and the return of the ghost of lesbianism in SHE'S THE MAN (2006). Tragically, our own reimagined Twelfth Night pitches were cut for time.Our next episode on STEP UP (2006) is coming your way July 20th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-06-161h 48The Channing SalonEpisode 04: A Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsRachel & Rachel discuss confusing casting, mid-aughts memoir, and Channing's "breakout performance"--or is it?--in A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (2006). Tragically, we did not learn to recognize our saints.CONTENT WARNINGS: The film discussed in this episode depicts abuse, violence, and racism and stars Shia LaBeouf.Our next episode on SHE'S THE MAN (2006) is coming your way June 15th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-05-201h 43The Channing SalonEpisode 03: SupercrossRachel & Rachel discuss fathers, sons, brothers, love interests, motorcycles, and the mysterious absence of moms and Daryl Hannah in SUPERCROSS (2005). Tragically, a 3-minute discussion of Chad Michael Murray was cut for time (because he is not in this film).Our next episode on A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (2005) is coming your way May 18th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-04-201h 20The Channing SalonEpisode 02: HavocRachel & Rachel discuss moral panics, child documentarians, and "the ghost of lesbianism" in HAVOC (2005). Tragically, our explanation of how a real life private plane crash fits in was cut for time.CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode contains discussions of racism, sexual assault, drug use, addiction, mental illness, self-harm, suicide, and police brutality.Our next episode on SUPERCROSS (2005) is coming your way April 20th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
2021-03-161h 31The Channing SalonEpisode 01: Coach CarterRachel & Rachel discuss basketball, teen pregnancy, and Channing Tatum’s locker room looks in COACH CARTER (2005). Tragically, our explanation of the movie's climactic yet unattributed Marianne Williamson quotation was cut for time.Our next episode on HAVOC (2005) is coming your way March 16th!Email us at channingsalon@gmail.com and follow us on:TwitterInstagramLetterboxd
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