Patricia Clarkson
Made films the shows talk about.
Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Miracle (2004); Easy A (2010).
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.
Election (1999): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
Election ⇒ Easy A (the host's read).
Olive's unbothered, stronger-than-the-bully stance continues the Tracy Flick character through Book Smart's Beanie Feldstein.
“the Tracy Flick character that we have seen just grow and grow all the way up to like the most recently book smart with Beanie Felsian's character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:56:33 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so).
Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
“I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
John Hughes: 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
John Hughes ⇒ Easy A (the host's read).
Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
“But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
Mean Girls (2004): 1 line
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craft (craft) · them, directly:
Mean Girls ⇒ Patricia Clarkson (the host's read).
Clarkson's cool-mom scene is a slight nod to Amy Poehler's cool mom in Mean Girls.
“This is like a slight nod to mean girls, Amy Poehler, your dance is funny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:13:41 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
One Tree Hill: 1 line
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craft (craft) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
One Tree Hill ⇒ Easy A (the host's read).
The webcam broadcasting echoes Peyton on One Tree Hill, so there was a precedent.
“There's 2 pieces of this movie that have strong callbacks to one Tree Hill.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:47:17 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)
The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version) ⇒ Easy A (the host's read).
The movie nods to the Scarlet Letter and its puritanical heritage; Olive jokes about watching the Demi Moore version.
“does its best or at least at times nods to the Scarlet letter and kind of like, you know, the puritanical heritage”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:52:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
Emma Stone: 1 line
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verdict (verdict) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in:
Easy A ⇒ Emma Stone (the host's read).
Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
“it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
What the speakers said they did
Acting (2) everyone in acting
- actress (Herb Brooks's wife), Miracle (The Rewatchables, ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
- actor (Olive's mom), Easy A (The Rewatchables, ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano)
What was said about them, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Patricia Clarkson → House of Cards.
Seeing Clarkson as Jane Davis in House of Cards, speaking in riddles, gave a new version of her.
“She plays a character named Jane Davis, and she is very much just like, she only speaks in riddles.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:19:06 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)
craft (1)
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craft (craft):
Patricia Clarkson → Mean Girls.
Clarkson's cool-mom scene is a slight nod to Amy Poehler's cool mom in Mean Girls.
“This is like a slight nod to mean girls, Amy Poehler, your dance is funny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:13:41 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.