Shampoo What’s Aged the Worst? Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 The Paul Simon score, offensive language, and reported Beatty/Fisher history are discussed separately. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:26:18Read transcript Paul Simon’s sparse score is criticized as corny and strange. Some of the movie’s words are acknowledged as having aged badly. Carrie Fisher’s later account that Beatty pursued her during production is cited as having aged badly.
Shampoo The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Beatty’s breakup crying and Norman’s salon-owner performance are nominated. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:28:41Read transcript Beatty is nominated for the repeated crying and pleading when Jackie leaves him; the panel agrees the emotion does not fully work. Norman, the salon owner, is nominated for pushing his performance too hard.
Shampoo The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 The movie is called Ashby’s least rewatchable of a three-film run; Goldie Hawn’s appeal and missed rom-com era are separate takes. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:29:40Read transcript Shampoo is called the least rewatchable of Ashby’s Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, and Shampoo run despite being the biggest hit. Mid-1970s Goldie Hawn is called the most adorable actress of any era. Hawn is said to have arrived about fifteen years too early to dominate the later romantic-comedy boom.
Shampoo The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Tony Bill as Johnny Pope is identified and discussed. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:31:59Read transcript Tony Bill, who plays Johnny Pope, is identified as a prominent producer who acted only occasionally.
Shampoo Recasting Couch Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 John Cazale is proposed for several small roles. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:32:43Read transcript John Cazale is proposed for the commercial director and several other small parts.
Shampoo Half-Assed Internet Research Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Paul Simon’s rejected title song “Have a Good Time” is supplied as research. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:33:16Read transcript Paul Simon reportedly wrote a rejected title song called “Have a Good Time,” later released on Still Crazy After All These Years.
Shampoo Apex Mountain Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Beatty is debated and ultimately supported; Julie Christie and party scenes receive separate consideration. In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 01:33:29Read transcript Beatty receives a tentative yes because the film’s ownership, success, and creative control gave him extraordinary leverage. Heaven Can Wait is raised as a competing later peak. Julie Christie is rejected because her two major films in the same earlier year made that the clearer peak. Robert Towne’s Chinatown and Shampoo run is considered. Triumph motorcycles receive a yes, while party scenes lose to Almost Famous.
Shampoo Cruise or Hanks? Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Cruise is preferred for George, while a Hanks version is considered comic. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:37:20Read transcript Cruise is selected for George because he can combine sexual confidence with vulnerability. Hanks trying the role is considered amusing, though his hair is judged wrong for the required haircut.
Shampoo Casting What-Ifs Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Philip Seymour Hoffman is proposed for Lester. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:38:16Read transcript Philip Seymour Hoffman is proposed for Lester.
Shampoo Picking Nits Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 The daughter reaction, party-house geography, loan logic, instant valets, and mysteriously transported motorcycle are distinct objections. In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 01:42:23Read transcript Felicia’s muted response to the possibility that George slept with her teenage daughter is questioned. The ownership and geography of the large party house are confusing. Whether Jill slept with Johnny Pope and whether the ambiguity preserves her agency are debated. George’s plan for securing a salon loan lacks credible financial detail. The valets retrieve cars implausibly quickly from the crowded party. George arrives by car but leaves on a motorcycle that had no shown way to reach the party.
Shampoo Just One Oscar Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 Robert Towne’s screenplay is the principal choice after comic alternatives. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:48:39Read transcript Robert Towne’s screenplay is the serious choice after comic supporting-performance suggestions.
Shampoo Probably Unanswerable Questions Shampoo · The Rewatchables ·December 9, 2025 The group asks whether George gets a salon and whether Lester and Jackie last. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:49:05Read transcript Whether George ever opens a salon is left unresolved. Whether Lester and Jackie remain together is asked; the panel expects them to separate. George’s later life is imagined as a series of failed salon jobs and possible drug trouble.
