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Karen Lynn Gorney
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Apex Mountain
Travolta at Grease; Karen Lynn Gorney (Apex Hill); Welcome Back, Kotter for old Brooklyn; Brooklyn Bridge; 1977; disco; John Badham; dysfunctional Italian family dinners (permanent apex); Barry Miller, Paul Pape and Joseph Cali
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Approx. transcript time · 01:10:52Read transcript
- Apex Mountain is defined as a person or thing at the peak of its powers and popularity.
- Travolta's apex is Grease, perhaps one week after it opened, following this film; a couple of points come off because Grease was an existing musical.
- With an Olivia Newton-John-caliber co-star this film would have been different.
- Karen Lynn Gorney gets a yes, since she did not act for 14 years afterward, downgraded to Apex Hill.
- For old Brooklyn as a pop-culture location, the Travolta TV show is picked over this film and The Warriors, partly for its credits.
- This is Apex Mountain for the Brooklyn Bridge, with Woody Allen as the only competitor.
- 1977, disco (revived by the film despite worries it was too late, and criticized for whitewashing), and the director are all affirmed.
- Dysfunctional Italian family dinners are a permanent apex that never goes away, as in Goodfellas.
- The guys in the movie, Barry Miller, Paul Pape and the actor transcribed as Joseph Kelly, were definitely at their apex.
Recasting Couch
Carrie Fisher, Fran Drescher or Cher as Stephanie
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Approx. transcript time · 01:04:09Read transcript
- Anyone could replace Karen Lynn Gorney; Carrie Fisher is the exciting option.
- Fran Drescher as the lead would have been great, though possibly too young if the role needed someone older.
- Cher (transcribed "share") is floated, with the bonus of fake Hollywood stories about the leads falling in love during filming; the joke headline adds "Sunny, furious."
What’s Aged the Worst?
Treatment of women; sexual assault; racism; homophobia; misogyny; Nick Cohn's fabricated article; Staying Alive; Barracudas fight; Tony's quick recovery; Karen Lynn Gorney's casting; PG TV edits
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Approx. transcript time · 00:53:29Read transcript
- The relationships with the women have aged poorly: sexual assaults, racism, homophobia and misogyny.
- The random homophobic harassment of two gay men under the bridge is cited; whether the film is self-aware or simply saw no problem is debated, with realism offered as the reason it was included.
- Nick Cohn acknowledged in the mid-90s that he fabricated most of the article after the real-life model for Tony sued for profits.
- The sequel Staying Alive is listed.
- The Barracudas fight is a B minus that should have been the best 90-second fight of 1977.
- Tony has an apparent concussion yet looks fine 10 hours later and for the contest a week later.
- Karen Lynn Gorney is rated a below-average dancer with a weak New York accent and weak acting, and she struggled to keep up because of earlier motorcycle-accident injuries.
- Her casting is so baffling that a half hour of Googling found no explanation; she was older than Travolta while lecturing him about going nowhere.
- Watching the PG version on TV with dubbed-in swears was painful.
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