The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (w/ Jamie Loftus)

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week, Amy welcomes back comedian Jamie Loftus (Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) Podcast) to break down the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Amy reveals this was the first art house movie she ever saw in the theater, and the two discuss how this movie parallels Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa, and of course, they talk about the Thong Dress and the problem with Bob. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1994.
0:03.0	When you're done watching the chainsaw mascara,
0:05.0	Bernadette, it is time to just eat your hormones.
0:08.0	The Movie The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Hello everyone and welcome to Unspoold.
0:34.6	I am singing without Paul today because Paul is on his wonderful book tour,
0:39.2	publicizing the hell out of his fantastic book.
0:41.4	I have my copy.
0:42.1	It is unsigned. I'm waiting till he gets
0:44.4	back and I'm going to show up at his front door and just annoy him. But Paul, we
0:49.0	wish you great luck on your book tour promoting joyful regulations of trauma. You need to hang out with like the
0:54.2	the editor of the New Yorker. Oh my God, okay, classy bastard. But while he is gone, I am so happy because this means
1:01.3	I get to hang out with some of my favorite people.
1:04.4	And I am so excited that we have Jamie Loftus today.
1:06.5	Jamie, hello.
1:07.8	Hi, how are you?
1:11.0	Welcome back.
1:12.0	Since the last time you were here and we were talking about
1:13.6	Barb andheimer you launched a new show. I did. I just started releasing a new
1:20.5	weekly show it's called 16th minute and every week I take a look at
1:25.4	one of the internet characters of the day and either talk to them myself or
1:29.4	usually take a larger look at like why we were delivered with this person or this thing or this idea at the time that we were.
1:39.6	You come in hot man, your first two episodes have been about H your kids Hide Your Wife and also The Dress.
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