Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
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Wikidata Q1420421, film, IMDb tt0089017, TMDB 8130: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Rosanna Arquette as actress (After Hours with Alison Sivitz); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Rosanna Arquette: 2 lines unmapped ×1 what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if casting):
Rosanna Arquette → Desperately Seeking Susan.
Bill says Arquette could have had Meg Ryan's career parts, citing Susan as a Meg Ryan role.
“if you watch her in desperately seeking Susan.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:56 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
After Hours: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (same-year cycle):
After Hours → Desperately Seeking Susan.
Hosts group After Hours, Into the Night, Desperately Seeking Susan and Something Wild as 1985 cokey-screwball-paranoia New York-night movies.
“So the cocaney, screwball paranoia era.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- recommended in Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz, first at 0:59:13, 4 times
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:11:52, 4 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 1:04:41, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
unmapped (2)
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unmapped (same-year role):
Rosanna Arquette → Desperately Seeking Susan.
Arquette had a hot 1985 with Desperately Seeking Susan; Globe nomination went to that film rather than After Hours.
“The Golden Globes nominated her instead for desperately seeking Susan that same year.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 1:01:05 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (same-year cycle):
After Hours → Desperately Seeking Susan.
Hosts group After Hours, Into the Night, Desperately Seeking Susan and Something Wild as 1985 cokey-screwball-paranoia New York-night movies.
“So the cocaney, screwball paranoia era.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (1)
-
what-if (what-if casting):
Rosanna Arquette → Desperately Seeking Susan.
Bill says Arquette could have had Meg Ryan's career parts, citing Susan as a Meg Ryan role.
“if you watch her in desperately seeking Susan.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:56 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Rosanna Arquette: actress (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)
- Rosanna Arquette: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- Richard Edson: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)