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1:50:01 In this episode, join Ivy, Ned, Alissa, and Ian as they dive deep into the commonalities, tropes, joys, and contrivances in iconic movies about summer jobs.

Films Discussed: Dirty Dancing, (1987), The Flamingo Kid, (1984), That Summer! (1979), Friday the 13th (1980), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Meatballs (1979), Adventureland (2009), The To Do List (2013), Good Burger (1997), Real Women Have Curves (2002), Edge of Seventeen (1998), The Way Way Back (2013), and more.


The Brattle Film Podcast is the official podcast of Boston’s unofficial film school: The Brattle Theatre. Join Ivy, Ned, Alissa, and Ian as they discuss the latest virtual and theatrical releases, festival programming, upcoming series, Brattle news, and more, every month on The Brattle Film Podcast. Comments, questions, and feedback always welcome at BrattlePod@brattlefilm.org.

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