

Yes, Hollywood Has Always Turned the Camera on Itself (Ft. The Studio, Jay Kelly, and The Player)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E16
Dec 8, 2025
01:20:30
Episode notes
Lights, camera, and action as Lauren and Christine ask why Hollywood is so fascinated with making media about itself - a fascination that is as old as filmmaking. And what’s so terrible about twelve movies in an MK Ultra franchise, anyway?
Book recommendations:
Arthur Laurents, Original Story By: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood
Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Michael Tolkin, The Player
Keywords
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Netflix
Ingmar Bergman
Hollywood
The Studio
Jay Kelly
George Clooney
Seth Rogen
The Player
Griffin Mill
film history
Robert Altman
Adam Sandler
Steven Soderbergh
Tim Robbins
Ike Barinholtz
Musso & Frank
The Smoke House
Los Angeles
Riley Keough
Catherine O'Hara
Coen Brothers
Sullivan’s Travels
Preston Sturges
Wild Strawberries
Noah Baumbach
Greta Gerwig
Chase Sui Wonders
Laura Dern