We talk about the mounting pressure on the female characters in the show, the sheer excellence of Megan Hilty, Mason and his vaporizer, and how the Baby-Sitters Club taught Tina the Art of War. We also use Clarkisha Kent’s The Kent Test on RJ.

Scarf Count: 3

First Aired: March 5, 2012
Directed by Jamie Babbitt
Written by Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky

Pop Culture References:
But I’m a Cheerleader, Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, My Week with Marilyn, Michelle Williams, James McAvoy, Eddie Redmayne, Singin’ in the Rain, Cyd Charise, Some Like it Hot, Billy Wilder, Katherine McPhee, Leslie Odom, Jr., Will Chase, Sex & the City, the Divinyls, Elton John, The Baby-Sitters Club, Ann M. Martin, Arthur Ashe, 30 Rock, Tina Fey, The West Wing, Sun Tzu

The Lazy Trope of the Unethical Female Journalist by Sophie Gilbert https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/08/sharp-objects-female-journalists-in-culture/567898/

RJ’s Kent Test Score: 4
The Kent Test by Clarkisha Kent https://s3.amazonaws.com/equalityforher/HR_The+Kent+Test.pdf
#TheKentTest
Follow Ms. Kent @IWriteAllDay_

Follow Tala Ashe (R.J.) @talaashe

Smashlash
https://tv.avclub.com/smash-let-s-be-bad-1798171842

https://ew.com/recap/smash-season-1-episode-5/

Least Problematic Male of the Week:
John the Lawyer aka Tom’s Unappreciated Date (Neal Bledsoe)

Under 5 of the Week:
The Cop (Maggie Bofill)

Smash was created by Theresa Rebeck

Tina is @nice_white_lady
Ruth is @yellow_fairy19

We are @talkinsmash
www.talkinsmash.com

 

Aired February 27, 2012

Directed by Michael Morris

Written by David Marshall Grant

Forget Enter Mr.DiMaggio, Enter Ensemble Member Bobby!  Wesley Taylor has arrived, and Leslie Odom Jr. too. We discuss scarves, shawls and other knitwear, how to care for your Degas, which Jonas Brother is which, forgettable songs, and Derek’s questionable belief in his power to seduce investors.  No All About Eve this week but Ruth does manage to bring up Parks and Recreation again.

Scarf vs. Shawl: https://madebyhand.blog/blog/post/the-difference-between-scarves-cowls-snoods-and-shawls/

Sue’s Kent Test score:4

Kent Test: https://equalityforher.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/HR_The-Kent-Test.pdf

Smash-Lash:

https://tv.avclub.com/smash-the-cost-of-art-1798171730

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/maggie-furlong/smash-review-episode-4_b_1295138.html

https://tvline.com/2012/02/27/smash-recap-season-1-episode-4-cost-of-art/

Scarf Watch: Ruth-7.5, Tina-9

Least Problematic Man of the Week: Tom

Under-5 of the Week: Cater Waitress at the party!  

Pop culture references: Center Stage, Center Stage 2, Donna Murphy, Parks and Recreation, The West Wing, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Submission Only (web series), The Cutting Edge, It Could Be Worse (tv series), the Got Milk? commercials

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@talkingsmash

Aired 2/20/12

Directed by Michael Mayer

Written by Theresa Rebeck

We discuss Derek’s racism, Jerry’s sexism, Dev’s classism, gender-neutral job titles, the arrival of Will Chase as Michael Swift, the trope of infidelity in screen marriages, Karen’s Iowa friends, Ellis has friends?, bi erasure, queer coded villains, Clarkisha Kent’s The Kent Test (https://s3.amazonaws.com/equalityforher/HR_The+Kent+Test.pdf), and in the Smash Science Corner Ruth breaks down the genetic improbability of Dylan & Becky Ann Baker making aKatharine McPhee.

Scarf Watch: Ruth-9, Tina-6

Least Problematic Man of the Week: Karen’s Dad

Cyn’s Kent Test Score: 4

Smashlash: https://www.google.com/amp/s/tv.avclub.com/smash-enter-mr-dimaggio-1798171639/amp

Pop culture references: Fortnite, American Idol, Michael Shur, Parks & Rec, All About Eve, The Celluloid Closet, Nashville, Anne of Green Gables, A Little Princess, Gone Girl, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Audra McDonald, Wicked, Rent, Jeremy Whitley, Princeless, Raven the Pirate Princess, The Seven Year Itch

Follow us on Twitter!

@talkingsmash

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