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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2023 · 47 MIN

Glen or Glenda (1953 Future Cult Classic)

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The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1953 features our future cult classic pick, Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda. Written and directed by Ed Wood and starring Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller and Bela Lugosi, Glen or Glenda was long considered one of the worst movies ever made but has built a cult following as a pioneering depiction of transgender identity.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Variety (https://variety.com/1952/film/reviews/glen-or-glenda-1200417508/) and Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/22/movies/bevare-bevare-it-s-lugosi.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1953 installment, featuring our audience choice poll winner, H.G. Wells adaptation The War of the Worlds.

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The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1953 features our future cult classic pick, Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda. Written and directed by Ed Wood and starring Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller and Bela Lugosi, Glen or Glenda...

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