The Criterion Break - Episode 31 - Pink Flamingos

Send us Fan MailOh boy!!! Here we go!!!🦩🦩🦩This week, The Criterion Break returns, and what an episode to fire back with. Derrick and Andy bring all they can to the table to make up for Blake’s absence. The two discuss the Criterion adjacent release, Memoria, from director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Memoria’s roadshow release strategy found its way to Sioux Falls and our hosts took it in as part of a double feature. But what film was paired with the meditative art house experience?An experience of a whole different kind, John Waters’ midnight movie, Pink Flamingos, played The State this past weekend and our hosts were able to take in the shit show. Andy and Derrick discuss the cult classic and express their complicated enjoyment and appreciation of the film that made Waters and Divine household names. Derrick (dervdude) AND Blake (therealjohng) can both be found on Letterboxd. Derrick can also be found on Instagram.Andy can be found across social media at:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksLetterboxd - Fat Dude FlicksJoin in on our local movie conversation at the South Dakota Film Community page/group on Facebook.Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Amazon Music, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Remember, subscribing to The Criterion Break also gets you the Let’s Taco ‘Bout podcast, also hosted by Andy, The Fat Dude. Let’s Taco ‘Bout features a conversation with a special guest where we discuss their lives, their loves, and a movie that has had an impact on them.If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at [email protected]. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast. Support the show