There’s something kind of special about the experience of a really great, really bad movie.

Think Red Dawn or Under Siege. Snakes on a Plane or Batman & Robin.

Independence Day is nearly perfect and so rewatchable — and also terrible.

This hour, a Nose-ish look at the joy of bad movies.

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Alicia di Leo: A para-educator in the integrated preschool program in the Manchester school system
David Edelstein: America’s Greatest Living Film Critic
Severn Sandt: Associate director of strategic partnerships and outreach at Trinity College in Hartford
Howard Sherman: A theater administrator, writer, and advocate; he is the U.S. columnist for The Stage newspaper of London and the author of Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century

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There&rsquo;s something kind of special about the experience of a really great, really bad movie.
Think Red Dawn or Under Siege. Snakes on a Plane or Batman &amp; Robin.
Independence Day is nearly perfect and so rewatchable &mdash; and also terrible.
This hour, a Nose-ish look at the joy of bad movies.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Theresa Cramer: A freelance writer and editor and the co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications</li>
<li>Alicia di Leo: A para-educator in the integrated preschool program in the Manchester school system</li>
<li>David Edelstein: America&rsquo;s Greatest Living Film Critic</li>
<li>Severn Sandt: Associate director of strategic partnerships and outreach at Trinity College in Hartford</li>
<li>Howard Sherman: A theater administrator, writer, and advocate; he is the U.S. columnist for The Stage newspaper of London and the author of Another Day&rsquo;s Begun: Thornton Wilder&rsquo;s Our Town in the 21st Century</li>
</ul>
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