Ep. 57: ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)’ or ‘Davis V. Crawford: Dawn of Hagsploitation’

Zach welcomes back Abella Bala (Deadly Illusions, Antlers) to help referee the battle to end all battles in Golden Age Hollywood in its waning days as Bette and Joan face off in 1962's 'WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?'. Pull up a chair and dine on cellar rats while you listen to the two unveil the origins of Davis and Crawford, discover how their paths to ascendance and decline carry heavy similarities, learn more about the Hagsploitation genre, extrapolate the way this film handles campy humor with moments of sheer terror, analyze the way the films tackling of mental health translates to a more enlightened era in the present, and learn about how this films impact thematically and tonally has shaped films of today and the industry itself as it currently exists. ------- To keep up with Abella's many endeavors, be sure to follow her on Instagram: @abellabala.tv Visit her website: abellabala.com Check out her work on the Netflix film 'Deadly Illusions': https://www.netflix.com/title/81346196 and be sure to watch her in all 6 episodes of John Strelec's Webseries, 'Antlers': https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXbVoRBGRlTqHDJZcavncA