Joanna Robinson

1 sketch, 9 claims, and 2 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

The Rewatchables: ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson (host)

Calls Working Girl a top five 80s movie and loves the yuppie cinema of the late 80s, especially its women. Digs into casting history and biographies, loves Mike Nichols, and takes the practical-movie-detail view of what ages well or badly. A sucker for the meet-cute at the bar.

Stances

Working Girl is a top five 80s movie
Should have won Best Picture over Rain Man
Meet-cute at the bar is the most rewatchable scene
Researched casting what-ifs and cross-checked the Nichols biography

Humor: Dry and precise; delivers a nitpick or fact with a straight face.

In their words

“I feel like this is a top 5 80s movie.” (0:04:11)
“I really, the yuppie cinema of the late 80s.” (0:09:20)
“I had this should have won best picture of Rayman.” (1:27:23)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Rewatchables

Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Their claims

Showing 1–9 of 9 claims.

lineage (lineage): Working Girl → The Devil Wears Prada. Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
“And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Sigourney Weaver → Alien. Both the Working Girl role and the Alien role were originally written for a man.
“the screenwriter said that her role was originally written as a man, which is true for her role in alien as well.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:27:04 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)
people (people): Harrison Ford → Jimmy Stewart. Ford's goofy, open side in this movie has a little Jimmy Stewart in it.
“There's like almost little Jimmy Stewart in him”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:32:03 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Carly Simon → Philadelphia. Only Let the River Run and Springsteen's Philadelphia song took the Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe.
“Only this and Bruce Springsteen's Philadelphia.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:43:57 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Carly Simon → Working Girl. Carly Simon first wrote several songs that narrated the plot, which were cut in favor of 'Let the River Run'.
“originally she wrote a bunch of songs for this movie and they were all very explicitly telling you what was happening in the plot.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:44:54 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Carly Simon → Working Girl. Simon's 'Let the River Run' and the score give the film a church-like rom-com gospel feel, best in the chandelier scene.
“it's just like the organ, like you're in a church, but it's let the river run”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:06:36 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. Joanna's hot take: Working Girl should have won Best Picture over Rain Man.
“I had this should have won best picture of Rayman.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:23 · Joanna Robinson (0.70 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Whoopi Goldberg → Working Girl. Nichols considered Whoopi Goldberg because he had done her stand-up show.
“would be Goldberg, was the one they were considering because Nichols did her, like, stand-up, uh, show”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:32:11 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Meg Ryan → Working Girl. Ryan might not have managed the accent, the baggage, or the sex appeal.
“I don't know if she could have pulled off the accent and the baggage part.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:32:40 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–2 of 2 fun items.

fun, about Melanie Griffith: The topless vacuuming scene was apparently Griffith's own idea; Nichols said sounds great.
“apparently it was Melanie Griffith's idea.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:26:30 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Harrison Ford: Ford walks in at 36:04 with a lopsided smile; Joanna's pick for the moment the movie goes up a notch.
“exact moment when the movie goes up a notch and it's at 36 minutes and 4 seconds when Harrison Ford aims his lopsided smile at Melly Griffith's legs and enters the story.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:26:56 · Joanna Robinson (0.70 sure it was them)