Laemmle Theatres is reportedly up for sale after 81 years as an iconic independent arthouse chain.Star-studded Teen Choice Awards storm the sand in Hermosa Beach.Teens to rock out at B2 Battle of the Bands Saturday in Redondo Beach.“At Mira Costa there were at least four bomb threats the years that I went there - and a ton of emergency lockdowns,” said Roberts, who works at The Standing Room in Hermosa Beach. Roberts, who attended Mira Costa High School before transferring and graduating from Redondo Union, called the “Heathers” podcast one of the team’s most challenging. The black comedy “Heathers” may not hold up well in an era of heightened concern about violence on campus, according to South Bay resident Tara McNamara and daughter Riley Roberts, who host a podcast that assesses 1980s movies.Photo: New World Pictures It was considered a clever black comedy at the time, but can be a tough 103 minutes when viewed in an era fraught with fear of school shootings, heightened awareness of teen suicide and the search for solutions to campus bullying. Their latest podcast focuses on the 1988 cult favorite “Heathers,” starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty - a satirical high school romp that features bullying, a school bombing and murder. The pair’s podcast, in tandem with their website, takes a comprehensive look at that decade in movies, from the jewels to the junk. “What we realized is that almost every single movie, no matter how perfect you think it is… there’s always something that will make you cringe, something you go, ‘Oh, we don’t do that anymore,” said McNamara. Thomas Howell dons blackface to snag a scholarship to law school. And don’t forget “Soul Man,” a racially insensitive film in which C.“Risky Business” and “Night Shift,” whose characters - male and female - exploit prostitution as career opportunities.“Porky’s” and “Revenge of the Nerds,” two box-office hits that focus largely on high school chums trying to trick young women into having sex.The pair have taken aim at many movies that have been on heavy rotation on cable TV, and now streaming services, for decades - some of which simply don’t hold up under contemporary scrutiny, according to McNamara: South Bay resident Tara McNamara and daughter Riley Roberts host a podcast that assesses such 1980s teen movies as “Revenge of the Nerds” - viewed through the lens of the #metoo era. It’s called ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents. “They have fond memories of these films because they weren’t thinking like a parent when they saw them in the ’80s,” said Hermosa Beach resident McNamara, now assessing 1980s pop culture through a modern lens via a podcast she hosts with her own teen, 18-year-old daughter Riley Roberts.
Many of those films actually have the opposite effect, she said, not at all reflecting today’s values or the sensibilities of the #MeToo movement.
A few years ago, some South Bay parents told Tara McNamara they were showing their young teens films from the 1980s - think “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club.” Unhappy with modern film choices, the parents said they just wanted to expose their children to something “more wholesome.”Įntertainment journalist McNamara was alarmed.
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