{"id":962,"date":"2023-07-03T19:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=962"},"modified":"2023-07-03T19:15:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:15:46","slug":"245-dolores-claiborne-with-louis-peitzman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2023\/07\/03\/245-dolores-claiborne-with-louis-peitzman\/","title":{"rendered":"245 &#8211; Dolores Claiborne (with Louis Peitzman!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/doloresclaiborne-thob-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/doloresclaiborne-thob-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/doloresclaiborne-thob-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/doloresclaiborne-thob-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/doloresclaiborne-thob.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the small hall of Oscar-endorsed horror films, the centerpiece must be Kathy Bates brilliant and terrifying win for Best Actress in&nbsp;<em>Misery<\/em>. A few years after that win, Bates returned to Stephen King territory (though you can debate how much of a horror story it is) with&nbsp;<em>Dolores Claiborne<\/em>, the mystery of whether or not a woman killed not only her wealthy employer, but her husband decades prior. With Jennifer Jason Leigh as Bates\u2019 estranged daughter and director Taylor Hackford at the helm, the film couldn\u2019t return to that other King&nbsp;film\u2019s&nbsp;Oscar anointing but endures as an intense melodrama and one of the best King adaptations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, writer Louis Peitzman join us to unpack the history of King adaptations and each of our history with King\u2019s work.&nbsp;We also discuss supporting player Judy Parfitt\u2019s exquisite line readings, the differing takes on&nbsp;<em>The Shining<\/em>&nbsp;delivered by King and Stanley Kubrick, and this story\u2019s connection to&nbsp;<em>Gerald\u2019s Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics also include the many 1995 Best Actress outsiders, Bates\u2019 pre-Oscar theatre career, and <em>Dead Like Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Us on Twitter!<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Had_Oscar_Buzz\">@Had_Oscar_Buzz<\/a><br>Joe: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joereid\">@joereid<\/a><br>Chris: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisvfeil\">@chrisvfeil<\/a><br>Louis: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisPeitzman\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisPeitzman\">@LouisPeitzman<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5619\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-962-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?powerpress_pinw=962-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"THOB_EP_245_Dolores_Claiborne_-_with_Louis_Peitzman.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the small hall of Oscar-endorsed horror films, the centerpiece must be Kathy Bates brilliant and terrifying win for Best Actress in&nbsp;Misery. A few years after that win, Bates returned to Stephen King territory (though you can debate how much of a horror story it is) with&nbsp;Dolores Claiborne, the mystery of whether or not a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2023\/07\/03\/245-dolores-claiborne-with-louis-peitzman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;245 &#8211; Dolores Claiborne (with Louis Peitzman!)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,12,918,802,1327,253,689,1326,556,3,6,1325],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-best-actress","tag-christopher-plummer","tag-david-strathairn","tag-eric-bogosian","tag-jennifer-jason-leigh","tag-john-c-reilly","tag-judy-parfitt","tag-kathy-bates","tag-movies","tag-oscars","tag-stephen-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}