Hustlers & Teletubbies

This week sees us paying homage to the montage and though it's really an editing technique if you want to be pedantic about it which I do, they're a useful tool in the screenwriters arsenal too, perhaps being used to propel the plot forward as in the classic ROCKY-style training montage or maybe used to set tone and weave plotlines together as in The Story Of The Apartment sequence in the brilliant Brazilian crime drama CITY OF GOD. Join us as we chat through some of our favourite examples and as always, let us know your favourite too and we'll bring it up next week. HUSTLERS (2019) is a movie based on a magazine article about a series of real crimes that took place after the financial crash in September 2008. Destiny (Constance Wu) is a new girl on the dancing scene and is quickly taken under the wing of alpha female Ramona (Jennifer Lopez) who teaches her the ropes at Moves strip club. When the money runs out the girls find themselves with limited options, and, desperate to bring back the good times to the club and make a quick buck for their various dependants, they decide to exploit their former customers by drugging them and running up huge credit card debt in their name. Given their clientele is made up almost exclusively of Wall Street types or shady sexual predators, this is essentially a victimless crime. Teletubby Land was actually a farmer's field in Stratford-Upon-Avon so our frankly ridiculous speculation about the origins of the TELETUBBIES is largely redundant. Don’t think about that while you listen to us ramble. As fathers of course we have all seen the adventures of Po, Laa-Laa, Dipsy and Tinky Winky many times before so it seems surprising it's taken us this long to get round to chatting about the giant, colourful space aliens, with their uncanny valley baby features and television stomachs broadcasting real world children's stories twice in the same 20 minute programme. Twice! What monsters these people are.We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. Try us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review or on our website baddadsfilm.com.   Until next time, we remain...   Bad DadYou can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at [email protected] or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads