April 30, 2025 • 54 mins
When a TV show becomes more than just entertainment, something magical happens. Community, with its band of misfits at Greendale Community College, created that magic by showing us how the weirdest, most broken, and most authentic versions of ourselves can find acceptance and belonging.
Mariquita Reese and Lindsey Strickland from the Post Film Clarity podcast join me to explore why this show continues to resonate nearly 15 years after its premiere. We dive into Abed's groundbreaking representation as one of television's first openly neurodivergent characters who wasn't relegated to being a punchline, but instead became the emotional heart of the series. As Lindsey notes, "Getting to see a character like Abed on TV and having still a community of people that still liked him and accepted him" made a profound impact on viewers who rarely saw themselves represented with such humanity.
The conversation takes us through Community's revolutionary format-breaking episodes—from paintball adventures to stop-motion Christmas specials—that changed what half-hour comedies could achieve. We discuss how these creative risks influenced modern television and even shaped blockbuster cinema, with the Russo Brothers leveraging their Community experience to eventually direct Marvel's biggest films. Mariquita puts it perfectly: "The paintball episodes directly changed film history."
Perhaps most touchingly, we explore how Community mirrors our own search for connection. Many of us found safe spaces in libraries growing up, just as the study group found their home in Greendale's library. The show reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful relationships form in unexpected places, between people who might never otherwise connect.
Whether you're a longtime fan who watched since the 2009 premiere or discovered the series during its pandemic Netflix renaissance, Community speaks to that universal desire to find your people. So join our conversation, reflect on your own unlikely friendships, and remember—we're all a little weird, and that's exactly how it should be.
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Clip (00:01):
The show's gonna last three weeks, six seasons and a
movie.
Lindsey Strickland (00:08):
I think getting to see a character like
Abed on TV and having still acommunity of people that still
liked him like the firstcharacter, that clearly unmasks
and everyone accepts him anyways.
Mariquita Reese (00:22):
Like there's always these pairings or these
kind of offbeat friendships andalliances that get built
throughout stories that I justlove A group of misfits who come
together and it's like usagainst everybody else.
Taylor D. Adams (00:38):
Greetings fellow human beings and welcome
back to the Film Nuts podcast.
I am your host storyteller andfilmmaker, taylor Dean Adams,
and I am so excited abouttoday's episode because we are
talking about one of my favoriteshows of all time Community.
What I love about Community iswell everything the cast,
(01:02):
chemistry, the jokes, thenarrative risk-taking, the
boldness to be weird.
It was unlike any half-hourcomedy I had ever seen before
and it further inspired mycreative journey.
I had episodes recorded on myDVR to re-watch later.
I recommended it to all of myfriends and I used quotes and
(01:23):
phrases from the showincessantly in everyday
conversation.
Yes, I was that guy and Icouldn't help it.
It became a part of my life.
It deepened my love fortelevision.
And I'm not the only one whowas touched by this show.
Marquita Reese and LindsayStrickland are the women behind
the Post Film Clarity podcast,which is described as two movie
(01:46):
fangirlies chatting their way toepiphany.
Their show is all about theshared love of cinema, and it
was through a shared love ofcinema at my local haunt just
down the road at Night SchoolBar in Durham, that I met these
wonderful people.
Markita, lindsay and I chatabout the challenges of making
friends as adults, theimportance of public libraries
(02:08):
and how community shaped theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
So shut up, leonard.
Here's Markita Reese andLindsay Strickland talking about
community on the Film Nutspodcast.
Lindsey Strickland (02:21):
I think you're holding on to a lot of
your past traumas from your oldjob.
Mariquita Reese (02:30):
It was so traumatic, that's true.
Yeah, I think I am carryingsome residual stress from my
last job and the way it ended.
Taylor D. Adams (02:39):
What was your old job?
Clip (02:45):
I was working at a lab and we all got, got like surprise
laid off one day, like rightbefore halloween, and they're
fun.
Mariquita Reese (02:49):
Yeah, it was.
I wasn't even there in person,so I got laid off on a um, like
on a team's meeting.
I was like I'm sick that isrude, yeah it was wild.
I was like cool, um guess I'mjust gonna hang out at my house
for three months.
So that's what I've been doing.
Oh, my gosh and throw myselfinto our podcast having the time
(03:10):
of your life honestly, for themost part I up until, like you
know, the car accident and a fewother things I was having the
time of my life.
Taylor D. Adams (03:19):
Yeah, but you're better now.
Mariquita Reese (03:21):
I'm great I had acupuncture.
Oh yes, yes, I told you I hadacupuncture and you had to pee.
And I did have to pee and y'allwere making fun of me about my
anxiety Because I thought I wasgoing to pee on the table.
I didn't, but I did have to pee, like immediately after Like
(03:42):
after she pulled all the needlesand I, like stood up.
Taylor D. Adams (03:45):
I was like well you held onto your faculties
for that long.
That's good, that's good.
Mariquita Reese (03:52):
Yeah, so that's where I'm at.
Taylor D. Adams (03:54):
Nice.
Well, I'm so glad to be talkingwith you guys today.
Um, I am really enjoying yourpodcast.
Lindsey Strickland (04:00):
Wait, how are you?
Taylor D. Adams (04:01):
How am I?
Oh, we didn't ask you.
I don't think a lot of peoplehave asked me how I am on this
podcast.
I mean I don't want to saynever, because I've done like 50
of these I've lost track.
But I'm good.
I am really good now that I'msitting here talking with y'all,
because I like talking withpeople who love.
I want to hear why people lovethe things that they love.
(04:24):
That brings me a lot of joy.
To hear Us too.
Isn't that a great feeling,just seeing and hearing somebody
kind of light up when they talkabout something they love.
Lindsey Strickland (04:29):
Yes, we just recently did an episode and
someone was talking about howmuch she enjoys seeing people
like us and it's such a warmfeeling that's awesome.
Mariquita Reese (04:40):
Yeah, we've had some great guests on recently
who have been like I love you, Ilove what you do, I love your
like enthusiasm.
And that's what we try to bringout of our guests as well when
we have them on Cause.
That's the question that we askwhen we pitch to people is we
want you to come on and talkabout something that you love?
Yeah, we don't do ratings.
We don't do reviews.
We don't really do anythingthat's currently in theaters.
(05:03):
That's not quite our interest,like we're much more interested
in, like what's the movie you'veseen like a thousand times.
Clip (05:09):
Right, and why do you love it so much?
Mariquita Reese (05:10):
Or like in your case today.
What's the TV show Like?
What's your comfort watch TVshow?
And for us, it's definitelyCommunity.
Clip (05:17):
Oh, my God.
What is Community College?
Well, you've heard all kinds ofthings.
You've heard it's loser collegefor remedial teens,
20-something dropouts,middle-aged divorcees and old
people keeping their mindsactive as they circle the drain
of eternity.
That's what you heard.
(05:39):
However, I wish you luck.
Mariquita Reese (05:43):
I've seen this series, I think, probably almost
10 times, all the way through.
Taylor D. Adams (05:49):
Wow, yeah easily.
Mariquita Reese (05:52):
Since it was originally airing, I've been
watching it.
Lindsey Strickland (05:54):
I didn't know that.
Oh yeah, I know we both loveCommunity, but I don't know
anything else other than that.
Yeah.
Mariquita Reese (06:01):
Oh, I've been watching this show since the
pilot, like back on NBC.
Yeah, oh, I've been watchingthis show since the pilot like
back on.
Nbc.
Yeah, I just came across it.
It was probably after, like,parks and Rec maybe or something
.
Taylor D. Adams (06:11):
I don't remember it was a Thursday.
It was usually a Thursday nightshow.
Mariquita Reese (06:15):
It was definitely a Thursday comedy.
Taylor D. Adams (06:17):
Maybe 8.30.
I can't quite remember, butyeah, it was like back in 09.
Mariquita Reese (06:20):
Yeah, oh, my God, yeah, oh, my god, yeah, I
was 21, yeah, yeah it was myfirst like adult TV show I was
watching right isn't that cool.
Lindsey Strickland (06:29):
I would have been 9.
Oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (06:33):
I'm actually trying to picture not that you
watched it when you were 9, butlike a 9 year old sitting down
to like watch Community.
Like I wonder how that would go.
Mariquita Reese (06:41):
I wanna, I wanna, meet the people.
Well, there's a wholegeneration of people like your
age who did watch it when theywere kids like yeah, kate is the
same age as you, and I know oneof our best friends and she
said that like her first sitcom,her big tv show that her
parents like let her watch, thatwas like a little more grown up
, was new girl oh, okay watchingnew girls and she was like 10
years old or something.
(07:01):
She grew up on that show and Iwas like that makes so much
sense.
That's why you're so fun likeit's like baked in to this next
generation coming up.
I think community is one ofthose shows that's really cool,
yeah, when did you see it?
Lindsey Strickland (07:13):
I first started watching community
during the pandemic.
That was my pandemic show.
Taylor D. Adams (07:17):
Okay, oh, that's a good one to pick up.
During the pandemic yeah, itwas six seasons, so grateful, so
grateful.
Lindsey Strickland (07:23):
I found it in the pandemic.
Taylor D. Adams (07:26):
Kind of for each of you.
Why do you love it so much?
Lindsey Strickland (07:31):
I think.
For me it was seeing all thecharacters and I guess their
friendship, but specificallyAbed, how about?
Mariquita Reese (07:39):
you Abed it's tomorrow.
Clip (07:41):
Tomorrow they're showing all four Indiana Joneses at the
Vista.
I'm really looking forward tothe first three.
I bought a whip.
This is really important to me,Abed.
It's tomorrow.
Tomorrow they're showing allfour Indiana Joneses at the
Vista.
I'm really looking forward tothe first three.
I bought a whip.
Mariquita Reese (07:47):
This is really important to me.
Abed, could you please go as myfriend, my really good friend.
Clip (07:53):
Well, I didn't realize we were really good friends.
I figured we were more likeChandler and Phoebe.
They never really had storiestogether.
Sure, I'll do it, Chandler.
Lindsey Strickland (08:01):
Thank you, Abed.
I think getting to see acharacter like Abed on TV and
having still a community ofpeople that still liked him- and
accepted him, yeah, yeah, yeah,and accommodated him, yeah well
, like, like the first.
Mariquita Reese (08:18):
I don't know if you guys can think of anything
but like the first characterthat clearly unmasks, and
everyone accepts him anyways um,if I was going to go back a
little further in tv history,I'd say kramer comes to mind,
like from steinfeld, becausehe's very out there.
He's out there unmasked forsure.
(08:39):
Right still has, you know, asquad of best friends who are
always hyping him up and goingon their little adventures
together.
But it wasn't as common, Idon't think before.
Maybe Cheers, but I wasn'treally watching Cheers like that
.
Taylor D. Adams (08:53):
Yeah, if, I, I mean.
Mariquita Reese (08:57):
Again.
All NBC shows yeah, a characterspecifically like Abed.
Taylor D. Adams (09:01):
Yeah, I was trying to think about this too.
A while ago I watched theHarmontown documentary.
I don't know if you guys havewatched that or not, but it was
back when Dan Harmon had theHarmontown podcast and would go
on tour and stuff like that.
And the podcast was about or,excuse me, the documentary was
about him touring all over thecountry with his podcast.
He was having fun with hisfriends, but a lot of people
(09:23):
come up to him and say I uh,thank you so much for making
community specifically for abed.
And these are people thatidentified themselves as on the
autism spectrum and they're likethank you so much for making
this character like.
I see myself, I see that he hasfriends, I see that he's like
accepted and so that I was likethat's a because when I was
(09:44):
watching it I didn't clock it.
I was like, oh, it's just likea kooky character.
Like I didn't clock that, therewas this character, uh, like
had had something going on inhis life that I didn't under,
that I couldn't grasp orunderstand so to see that I was
like, oh shit, that makes somuch sense.
And also really cool that peopleare identifying with this
character, whether or not, thatthey also identify as being on
(10:08):
the spectrum or not, like theycan see like this character is
very special and that'sabsolutely he has like basically
a support system you know as adysfunctional support system as
the study group is Dysfunctionalbeing the operative word there.
Mariquita Reese (10:21):
Yeah, I, yeah.
I think my favorite aspect ofcommunity is definitely the, the
relationships, the, the way.
You see, I'm a big fan of um,like unlikely friendships and
unlikely pairings and stories umsome of the pairings throughout
, like game of thrones, forexample um aria and the hound
(10:42):
and brienne and jamie likethere's always these pairings or
these kind of offbeat, uhfriendships and alliances that
get built throughout storiesthat I, I just love.
I've always been really drawnto that, um kind of like a group
of misfits who come togetherand kind of it's like us against
everybody else.
That really resonates with meas like a person within, I think
(11:05):
, within my own friendfriendships.
Um, over time, I feel like I'mdefinitely giving some like some
of that energy throughout myfriendships.
As far as, uh, yeah, it'ssomething I relate to heavy.
Taylor D. Adams (11:20):
That's great so with I can both tell that
you're you love this show notbecause that, not because you're
on here to talk about itspecifically, but when you're
talking about, I can kind of seeit, I can hear it, and kind of
tie back a little bit to yourpodcast.
Post film clarity.
Why did y'all decide to startthis podcast?
Mariquita Reese (11:41):
well, basically we have been having these
conversations.
We basically got like 50episodes that we should have had
that are just in the ether ofthe alamo draft house parking
lot.
Lindsey Strickland (11:52):
Well, they're in my brain for when we
do episodes on them.
Mariquita Reese (11:56):
Yeah, we, we had seen, lizzie and I started
seeing movies together just thetwo of us probably like two
years ago almost two years agonow yeah so that became like we
were part of a bigger friendgroup, um a la community, you
know.
There's like six, seven of us,but then, like we paired off on
our own and we're like let's goto the movies together.
Lindsey Strickland (12:16):
I think about that so much because I I
did not realize that we werelike excluding ourselves and
doing this like thing alone.
I someone said that once.
Mariquita Reese (12:28):
I was like, oh, I didn't realize I mean, y'all
can come, but where is our?
Thing going now it's like it'skind of our thing.
It wasn't intentional at all.
It was just us like relating toeach other and finding our like
niche within our friend groupand just being two people who
were willing to drive out thereall the time and see movies and
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discuss them and learn about wedo a lot of repertory screenings
as well.
So Lindsay was like I want tosee old movies and I want to
learn about all these moviesI've missed or things that you
know were before I was born, orI want to see more of a certain
director, like that kind ofthing.
I was like, say less say less.
Lindsey Strickland (13:10):
It pains me knowing there's so many movies
that I probably will love, but Ihave not seen them yet yeah
it's like it's a lifelongmission.
It's like it's it's hard tofind people that are committed
to doing that too.
Mariquita Reese (13:27):
It's me baby, it's me right here, it's Big Dog
.
We used to go when we had moretime and different schedules.
Lindsey Strickland (13:37):
Maybe two, three times a week sometimes.
Wow, oh yeah, it was a blast Atthe movies, we created enemies
at the Alamo Whoa.
Mariquita Reese (13:48):
Shout out to our haters yeah what we have
enemies, we have movie theaterbeef.
Lindsey Strickland (13:52):
Yeah, why?
What happened?
Just because we go there, wewould go there so often, and
there's a lot of people thatalso go there often.
Mariquita Reese (14:04):
We had our own, like Starburns, situation.
Lindsey Strickland (14:08):
Ruined Marquita's shining experience.
Taylor D. Adams (14:12):
I'm so sorry to hear that you look triggered.
Mariquita Reese (14:17):
That shit just made me so mad thinking about it
.
He was like talking to himselfthe whole movie and like banging
on the table and like keptgetting up sitting back down
getting up sitting back downJust like a lot of like frantic
energy, and I was like are youall right, you're stressing me.
The fuck out dude.
He wouldn't stop Like two hoursstraight of him just like
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muttering to himself and likerunning out of the theater and
then coming back in and I waslike what are you?
doing and like he kept likebanging the armrest and like
shaking the seat and I was likeyo just sit still Like I'm a big
like anti-fidget during a movie, like I'm a movie stickler and
that's also.
I think, a reason that lindseyand I like connect because we're
(15:04):
both like let's just be fuckingquiet and like I just movie.
Taylor D. Adams (15:08):
Hush please, and sit still like we're, just
like I'm the same way like themovie's on, like the movie's on.
Mariquita Reese (15:15):
The movie is on that's.
That's as simple as it shouldbe no, and he was like just very
frantically, just disruptivethe whole time and I was like
it's the first time I've seenthe shining in movie theaters.
And you're fucking killing me,dog you're killing me.
Lindsey Strickland (15:31):
Every single time, I like felt the vibration
of, however, like what theworst version, marquito was
getting.
Mariquita Reese (15:38):
I could just like feel that like rage and
then we kept running into him atlike every fucking movie for
like a month after that.
Lindsey Strickland (15:47):
I was like oh my, whoever got there first,
we'd just be like he's here,like that guy is here again, god
damn it yeah, so we had, uh, wehave beef.
Mariquita Reese (15:59):
We have, like, certain seats, we like to sit in
certain favorite theaters thirdrow.
Taylor D. Adams (16:04):
Third row we have.
Mariquita Reese (16:05):
Um, I do like the third row hey that's us,
that's us uh, yeah, um and uh,we have like certain favorite
waiters and waitresses that wewere like tight with yeah, shout
out to sky we love you, skyler.
That's awesome.
Yeah, so that's been our thingfor like two years, and then,
like a year of that year yearand a half of that we were like,
hey, we should start recordingthese, yeah.
Lindsey Strickland (16:28):
Yeah, we would like talk outside after
the movie for hours sometimes,and then eventually we were like
, um, yeah, time to startgetting this recorded, yeah.
Mariquita Reese (16:39):
Yeah, and then we started it.
Uh, started working on it lastAugust and then started
releasing last November.
Taylor D. Adams (16:46):
I think it's kind of interesting that the
reasons that you guys talkedabout, about why you love
community both characters andrelationships I kind of want to
know is there a part of you guysthat loves this show because as
kids you spent so much time inlibraries actually yes, because
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the tables in a community remindme so
Lindsey Strickland (17:10):
much of like classroom tables or library
tables.
Mariquita Reese (17:13):
Wow, yeah oh my god, this whole show takes
place in a study room.
Lindsey Strickland (17:16):
Slash like library and that's yes wow, mind
is blown, I think I justglitched.
Mariquita Reese (17:25):
Yes Wow, mind is blown, I think I just
glitched.
Lindsey Strickland (17:29):
Wow, when did you come together with that?
Taylor D. Adams (17:32):
Well, I was listening to your podcast and
it's the very first episodewhere you guys talk about a
little bit of your backgrounds.
Lindsey Strickland (17:37):
Oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (17:39):
But do you think that that's a part of it,
or does it just happen to becoincidence?
Mariquita Reese (17:43):
Absolutely no absolutely Subconsciously Okay
that that's a part of it, or isit just happened to be
coincidence?
Absolutely, absolutely okay,subconsciously okay, I mean, now
that you say yeah, I mean Ithink of where I spent most of
my time like socializing, um,when I wasn't in and out of
school, and it was definitely in, like study rooms, libraries,
like wow yeah, no, I knew I wasalways weirdly fixated on the
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tables that they're in the studyroom in and I think that's why
Interesting.
Wow, that's crazy, that'sinteresting.
You just unlocked something forus.
Damn, that's journalism.
Taylor D. Adams (18:16):
I always feel like it's a good response when
they have to think about theanswer to the question how do
you know that?
Lindsey Strickland (18:25):
How'd you come up with?
Taylor D. Adams (18:26):
that it's a public record.
What are you talking about?
We're public figures.
Mariquita Reese (18:29):
Now people are just gonna come up to us and
just know things about us nowtake me back.
Taylor D. Adams (18:34):
Take me back to the libraries.
You guys were in as kids likeis there a tactile feel to the
table like talk about?
Is there smell?
Lindsey Strickland (18:42):
No, it's that specific color of wood in
the community table and like howthey would always line up, but
like one would be like a littleuneven.
Mariquita Reese (18:53):
So yeah, that like fake like particle board
kind of wood.
Lindsey Strickland (18:57):
And it'd be all like scratchy.
Mariquita Reese (18:59):
All the like carvings.
Taylor D. Adams (19:01):
Making notches in it.
Mariquita Reese (19:02):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I, I love and I love
, I don't know.
I mean, I'm sure they did thison purpose, but, like over time
throughout the series, thattable is constantly like
changing there's like littlemarks rubbed into the tape like
it ages over time.
There's little you can seethings from when they had that
damn monkey yeah, like this, alot happens on that table.
Taylor D. Adams (19:24):
The monkey's name was andy's boobs.
Let's call it.
Mariquita Reese (19:26):
Oh right, the monkey has a name yes, yes, I'm
sorry, andy's boobs yeah, great,great character, um.
But yeah, for me it wasn't somuch the the table, but it is
that that space, like they're inkind of a fishbowl.
But it is that space, they'rein kind of a fishbowl, but also
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the blinds are drawn most of thetime.
So I felt like they really werein their own world, within that
school, within their ownclasses.
A lot of the characters comment, a lot of the secondary
characters comment on that.
They're like oh, you guysyou're always off in your own
little group.
You're off in your own littleworld and it's like you're a
part of the school and a part ofthis classroom, but you're not,
(20:08):
Cause you've got Elitist studygroup.
Yeah, I remember when theywouldn't like they won't let
anybody in.
Yeah, they had like auditions.
Taylor D. Adams (20:16):
Yeah, Jack Black episode it's still one of
my favorite episodes.
Lindsey Strickland (20:23):
Yesterday.
The group took a vote.
Clip (20:31):
And you seem to have figured out the rest of it, was
it the high kick, was it?
Taylor D. Adams (20:37):
you go, girl.
You guys think you're so cool.
Clip (20:42):
No, we think we're cool at all.
I put myself out there for you.
Mariquita Reese (20:46):
I laid my soul bare.
Taylor D. Adams (20:49):
I made you guys lemon squares with free-range
eggs that I baked with my ownhands.
Clip (20:54):
Maybe a little less sugar next time.
Mariquita Reese (20:56):
I think there's something about just being,
because I remember that feelingas a kid of being in a room
filled, filled with books, butthen also windows and just it.
Really I really did feel like Iwas in my own world, usually
reading by myself somewhere justin a corner, just ugh.
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I love it.
Oh, I love libraries.
These are like, they're likekind of of you consider them
almost like safe spaces.
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah, that was like my place.
I would go to like get out of myhouse for sure every day, and I
would take my little sisterwith me too, um, so, yeah, we
spent pretty much every dayafter school, um, we were within
(21:39):
walking distance.
When we moved back into town, Iwas like 17 and she was
probably four, um, four or five,something like that, and she,
um, I would walk down thelibrary with her, um to like
help her with homework, andshe'd play her little web
shopkins games and, uh, yeah,that was our space to like get
(22:02):
out of the house, um, and ourparents wouldn't let us have a
computer, so that was the onlyplace I could.
I know interesting, I didn'thave a computer growing up.
Okay, yeah, I was not an onlinelike kid really like I had
social media but I would checkit at the library like once a
week.
You know, like I feel likethat's a healthy move.
I'm nine minutes before my timebecause I don't know if you you
(22:23):
had this right when, like ifyou use the computers at the
library, you only have like acertain amount of internet time
there were like some and itwould just cut you off.
Lindsey Strickland (22:31):
Oh really, oh yeah, the library that I go
to, ours were one hour.
Mariquita Reese (22:36):
For nothing.
You send like three emails,yeah, 15 minutes.
Lindsey Strickland (22:41):
That's diabolical.
It was like they'd be on theend.
It was so weird Because if theywere all taking up, that was
the only one.
You'd go on.
Mariquita Reese (22:48):
Oh my God, that's so sick.
No, we would log in for an hour, but in that one hour a day it
was like that's the only screentime I had for my entire
adolescence.
Was that one hour?
Taylor D. Adams (23:00):
Um, yeah very important space.
So with community.
Um, it's kind of funny causethere's over a hundred episodes
of the show you know we keephoping for.
16 is in a movie.
Mariquita Reese (23:12):
We're getting the movie.
Taylor D. Adams (23:13):
We're getting the movie it's you know it's
coming talked about kind of kindof develop it.
Uh, we don't know the exactstatus of it.
Um, but are there any kind oflike?
You both watch it completelydifferent times?
Clip (23:27):
are there any?
Taylor D. Adams (23:27):
specific memories you have of, maybe like
where you were, who you werewith during you know the first
time you watched it, or like acertain episode or something
along the lines of how was howhas community basically been in
your life other than watching it?
Mariquita Reese (23:43):
Wow, um, when I started it, uh, like I said,
that was my first show that Iwould.
I was watching that I was a fanof as an adult living out on my
own in the world.
That was my.
So when I was living in myfirst apartment, I moved out of
my parents house when I was 20,um 20 or 21, and I think the
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show started that same year.
So that was my first kind ofanchor into my adult space, into
my first apartment.
Come home, watch community,like cook my dinner.
It was like my it was.
It felt like at first it wasdefinitely very like a solo
(24:27):
fandom.
A lot of my friends weren't,weren't, weren't.
I had to put them on.
Lindsey Strickland (24:35):
That's actually how I feel now.
A lot of my friends have notseen community, so when I knew I
had the opportunity to talkwith people who had seen, I was
like absolutely that's awesomeyeah, we were both uh
ambassadors 11 years apart.
Mariquita Reese (24:48):
That's great yeah.
Taylor D. Adams (24:50):
I.
It was kind of a similarexperience too.
Yeah, it came out like it wasthe first year out for me out of
college.
Um, I was living by myself andI was just like I didn't really
know what, exactly what I wantedto do.
But I wanted to be likeinvolved in television, and so
community was one of the shows Ihad like paid attention to and
it was just like it's a halfhour comedy, a new.
(25:11):
It's airing on nbc.
I was like I'll watch it and Iwas like, oh, this is pretty fun
.
And I kept watching it and Iwas like, oh, this show is
brilliant, this show is ishilarious.
And I was trying to trying toturn all my friends onto it and
I have succeeded almost like ahundred percent in getting
everyone I know to watch it.
Mariquita Reese (25:27):
So it did become like a social yeah thing
we would all talk about at worktogether and but at first, no,
it's pretty much just me postingon, you know, facebook 2.0,
like you guys gonna watch theshow.
Taylor D. Adams (25:49):
Oh, I was on tumblr posting reposting gifts
no, not listen I've never beenon tumblr in my life oh man, I,
I used man, I used to love mesome Tumblr.
My love affair lasted for maybelike two years, that's pretty
fast.
Mariquita Reese (26:05):
That's pretty fast.
I think people are still onthere.
I was like I couldn't believethis.
Lindsey Strickland (26:09):
I never experienced Tumblr.
I stayed away.
Mariquita Reese (26:11):
Same.
That's not for me.
Lindsey Strickland (26:18):
That wasn't part of my screen time.
Mariquita Reese (26:22):
You're an hour screen time.
You had to.
You're hours.
You gotta make it, make itcount.
There wasn't time within thatone hour to get on tumblr.
Taylor D. Adams (26:24):
It wasn't happening um, markita, you're
from New York.
How do you say bagel?
How do you pronounce bagel?
Lindsey Strickland (26:30):
I don't come on, bagel.
Mariquita Reese (26:32):
Ugh, you're the worst yo don't even get me
started, britta is Britta theworst, britta the worst.
Taylor D. Adams (26:41):
Britta is the worst, I really.
Lindsey Strickland (26:43):
I really want to talk about Britta.
Mariquita Reese (26:44):
Britta is actually she's man, oh man.
The writing on that characteris so ahead of its time as far
as, like the, the virtuesignaling like fake, woke white
feminist Woo.
They had an entire generationof white women like dead to
rights, dead just like bullseye.
(27:07):
Oh man, britta is the fuckingworst and it's bagel, bagel it's
, it's such a weird joke andit's.
Taylor D. Adams (27:19):
It still sticks with me the fact that I like
I'll like nicole and I will belike, hey, you want to go get a
bagel?
Yeah, we'll just say it.
Mariquita Reese (27:28):
The joke has now become in the lexicon yeah,
she that gif, that's always Imean, it's been what 15 years or
something that gif where she'slike I can excuse racism, but I
draw the line at animal crueltyyou can excuse racism.
Oh my god, it's the way.
Like you said, I am from newyork.
I'm from upstate new york,specifically like woodstock area
(27:51):
, very like white, privileged,like hippie, but like
millionaires type of community.
Um, and the way there are somany Britas where I'm from, oh
my God, I can think of one rightnow.
Yo, there's so many Britas whoare just in this, oblivious,
(28:16):
like I'm helping, like do-goodermentality, who are just, first
of all, you ain't shit.
Second of all, you're nothelping.
Thirdly, if you are, it'salways at the expense of your
black friends, of your otherwomen friends like she, oh my
god, yeah, her redemption arc islike slight, but I love that
(28:36):
they never, ever fully go likeoh, actually, britta's okay,
she's right sometimes like nah,nah, they, they hold her to task
and I think, especially in that, like early mid-2000s, I think,
I think white women reallyneeded that.
I think they needed to behumbled a little bit.
Lindsey Strickland (28:54):
I am so curious about her character
because they I mean they starther off as like this woke, uh.
Mariquita Reese (29:01):
Activist, and then it's like a quick turn,
it's like, oh no, she's just adumb blonde yeah, I think it was
more so they they were likepointing out the fact that she
wasn't really an activist yeahshe just, she's a bandwagon, she
wants she.
She likes the idea of activismright and will participate to an
extent she's a great character,though like the show doesn't
(29:24):
work without her, that's forsure.
Taylor D. Adams (29:25):
But she's just such an interesting figure in
that friend dynamic is there aof the greendale seven and then
chang and pelton kind of yourmain characters?
Is there a particular characteryou guys identify with?
Lindsey Strickland (29:40):
Hmm, Hmm, there's a character.
I like to think that everyonecan identify a little bit with
everyone, but I think I'mdefinitely a mixture of Abed and
Troy.
Clip (29:53):
Troy and Abed in the morning, and we're back.
Look who's here, jeff Winger.
Jeff, how do you stay so fit?
Uh, diet exercise genetics.
Oh, sure, back, look who's here, jeff winger.
Jeff, how do you stay so fit?
Uh, diet exercise genetics sure, sure, okay.
Taylor D. Adams (30:05):
So it seems as though we have a clip.
You want to set it up for us?
Uh, I'd like to, but I don'tknow what you're talking about.
Okay, we'll just roll it.
Why is that?
Lindsey Strickland (30:14):
um, well, I really relate to abed but but
with Troy's maybe likeplayfulness.
Mariquita Reese (30:24):
And being a good friend.
I like that.
Lindsey Strickland (30:27):
Not at first .
Taylor D. Adams (30:28):
He comes around to being.
Lindsey Strickland (30:29):
That's true, that's true.
Taylor D. Adams (30:30):
I really love the evolution of their
friendship.
Lindsey Strickland (30:32):
Me too.
Taylor D. Adams (30:33):
It's so beautiful you don't think that
they would ever be best friends.
And then, pretty early on intothe show, they're like nope,
these guys are going to be.
Mariquita Reese (30:42):
They break up into their own little duo.
Lindsey Strickland (30:43):
Yeah, I think Abed breaks down Troy's
little jock image almostimmediately.
Mariquita Reese (30:50):
Yeah, for sure.
I think, oh man, who am I inthe friend group?
I think I have Jeff and Annieenergy.
Do something we're going tolose.
Taylor D. Adams (31:08):
Guys.
This is important to Annie.
So whoever actually died a fewmonths ago, fess up so we can
put a stake through your heart,annie.
I think the real lesson here isthat a model you win much like
the real you win quickly fallsapart when faced with actually.
Mariquita Reese (31:24):
I Fear I am a Jeff Annie, hi, but like just
hyper competitive and like, okay, the leader.
But also I don't want to be,but when I'm not, I'm annoyed
the whole time.
You will reluctantly accept itwhen it's thrust upon you, if I
(31:48):
must, I think, but annie yeah, Ithink I have, like I'm like
jeff in that sense, that likesometimes I come off like a
little aloof, a little too cool,but then like I'm really deep
down, just Annie, because I wanteverything to be perfect and I
want to be the best.
Clip (32:07):
And.
Mariquita Reese (32:07):
I want things to be hyper organized and I want
like I'm very driven, I'm veryambitious.
I think, Annie's ambition, butJeff's like I don't give a fuck.
It's like that's me at war withmyself Just every day.
Taylor D. Adams (32:24):
That's interesting.
I think that's what makes themkind of an interesting will.
They won't be on the show Likethey're kind of they get paired
together a lot but they're notnecessarily like supposed to,
you know, be paired together,but I think they do end up.
I think that works.
Lindsey Strickland (32:39):
I actually really love their love interest
like that little, because theydon't ever really go anywhere
with it, but they do kiss at thevery end and I I love that,
that scene I'll let you go anniewith my hands my head, the
heart, which cynics say is codefor penis wants what?
Clip (33:04):
it wants.
But I let you go the others arecoming.
Lindsey Strickland (33:19):
I think you should kiss me goodbye or you
might regret it for the rest ofyour life.
Clip (33:24):
What about you?
Lindsey Strickland (33:25):
I'll regret the kiss for a week.
I'm in my twenties, who cares?
Mariquita Reese (33:30):
I think I loved it at the time, but now that
I'm older, it's a little gross.
Clip (33:34):
I'm Jeff's age now and I'm like I would not be kissing on
no, 18 year old.
Mariquita Reese (33:37):
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Lindsey Strickland (33:40):
Do you guys think that Jeff is actually a
good guy?
Ooh.
Taylor D. Adams (33:44):
I think, I think he wants to be.
Mariquita Reese (33:47):
I'd say by the end of the series.
Yes, but it took six long yearsto get there.
It took some work.
It took a lot.
It took some work.
Taylor D. Adams (33:56):
I think he is someone who really wants to be a
good person and to.
You know he reluctantly acceptsbeing in charge, taking care of
it Like he does it, um.
But yeah, it's kind of like hisown past and preconceived
notions like gets in the way youknow everybody on the everybody
in the in the study group likehas their own, you know issues
(34:21):
you know, issues.
You know sure, jeff's got fatherissues, you know, and he has a
history of substance abuse, I'llbet has uh, um, abandonment
issues, like everybody's gottheir own kind of thing going on
and I think just to see a showtrying like I I forget, I forget
where I heard this or saw it,but dan harman talked about just
sitcom.
Tv in general is like, uh, youlearn a lesson at the end of the
(34:42):
30 minutes, and in communitythat doesn't necessarily happen
because that's like more likereal life, like there's still
usually like some kind of likegeneral lesson learned, but it
does have.
It has a very minimal impact onhow they evolve as characters,
which is why it takes so longfor them to like move an inch
(35:06):
yes, yeah, and I love that, thatspecific scene where the that
guy, the the science partnerthat calls them out todd todd.
Clip (35:18):
What is wrong with you people?
Huh, I thought you weresupposed to be friends.
I thought you were supposed tolove each other.
Your love is weird and toxicand it destroys everything it
touches.
(35:38):
I no longer care about gradesor biology, or finally
graduating from college, like Ipromised my dying father.
I'm going home, I'm going tohold my wife and my child close
and I am going to finally takemy insulin shot.
Mariquita Reese (36:04):
And he's holding a turtle while he's
screaming, and it's so funny.
Yes, when todd calls him out,he's like you guys are so toxic,
you are so boring, you're meanI'm really glad you brought todd
up and earlier you talked aboutstar burns yes do you guys have
a favorite secondary characterchang?
I think chang is primary.
I think Chang's a primarycharacter.
Well, he does become a primaryover time, for sure.
(36:25):
Ooh, my favorite.
Taylor D. Adams (36:26):
I mean, if they're ever in the opening
credits, they're a maincharacter to me.
Mariquita Reese (36:29):
That's what I think.
Oh, my God, my favorite.
Second there's so many.
Who's the one who?
Oh, oh, what am I talking about?
It's Magnitude.
Clip (36:43):
Pop pop.
This is not a party.
Don't tell that to Magnitude.
Who's Magnitude?
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Pop, pop,Pop pop.
Lindsey Strickland (36:52):
It's Magnitude I was hoping one of
you would say Magnitude.
Taylor D. Adams (36:58):
That's one of my favorites.
Lindsey Strickland (36:59):
I couldn't even think of his name.
I was just thinking Pop pop.
Mariquita Reese (37:04):
Oh man, he's the best.
Taylor D. Adams (37:06):
That's Luke Youngblood.
I wonder.
Oh man, he's the best.
That's luke luke youngblood.
I wonder where is he?
Um, I don't know regularly, buthe's in the first harry potter
movie.
Mariquita Reese (37:15):
Um yeah, oh my god, he's, he's british, yes,
he's british.
Taylor D. Adams (37:18):
And then there was this, uh, there was this
show um called gallivant uh,which was lasted two seasons on
abc was like a medieval musicalcomedy, had it had Vinnie Jones,
tim Amundsen and LukeYoungblood was like the
secondary character in it.
Mariquita Reese (37:36):
I don't remember this at all.
Taylor D. Adams (37:37):
I think if you, oh, if you've been to musicals,
you were singing Wicked earlier.
I think you guys would dig itif you liked it.
Mariquita Reese (37:43):
Why are you outing me?
I'm not outing, there's nothingwrong with liking a movie why
are?
You.
I did not give my consent,outed as a brand new wicked fan
as of 24 hours ago who's theprofessor that was like ex-cop
or ex-military or something likethat.
Taylor D. Adams (38:05):
Oh, um jonathan banks's character, professor
hickey oh, from breaking badyeah, oh, I love him.
Mariquita Reese (38:12):
Yes, I love him .
That's a good one.
Taylor D. Adams (38:14):
Yeah, I like that one, that one's good he
does a really yeah, I think hecomes in like season five or
something and he's such a likeserious like so intense dude,
but he's so good like within theworld of community for sure it
makes so much sense.
Mariquita Reese (38:27):
And in that same vein, um michael was it
michael k williams?
Taylor D. Adams (38:31):
from the wire.
Yes, when I heard, when I read,they were bringing him on, I
was like, oh, I am very excitedabout this wire omar like yeah,
yo, he came in and just hekilled it too so one of the
things that I usually ask peopleon this show is usually
somebody who's watching orlistening to this episode has
(38:52):
seen community.
Um, if there's somebody youknow who hasn't seen it, what is
your pitch to them in order toget them to watch it?
Mariquita Reese (39:03):
damn, I used to do this all the time.
Lindsey Strickland (39:06):
I think it's the best casual fantasy.
Hmm, like in a sitcom platform.
Taylor D. Adams (39:15):
Okay.
Mariquita Reese (39:17):
It's like approachable.
Lindsey Strickland (39:20):
Yeah, but it's fantasy, but it's so subtle
and genius, every singleepisode.
Mariquita Reese (39:28):
Ooh, I like that answer.
Um, well, there's like twodifferent pitches, because back
in the day I think, um, I wouldhave pitched it completely
differently than I do now.
I think the biggest drawnowadays to get people to watch
it is just to bring up donaldglover okay I think I mean he's
(39:48):
by far the biggest star out ofthat show and has probably the
biggest career post community asfar as music and movies and
atlanta um and as a writer,producer, etc.
Um, so yeah, I think the pitch Igive nowadays just like do you
want to see a really youngdonald glover?
(40:10):
And like his first, one of hisfirst acting roles yeah, just
coming to his own and, um, justyeah, I think I would probably
sell it based on just youngdonald glover killing it every
week it's a good one, right?
Yeah, l yeah.
Taylor D. Adams (40:27):
Lindsay, when you were um, when you were
studying biology, how manyterrariums or dioramas did you
have to do?
Lindsey Strickland (40:34):
I didn't have to do any of those, but I
had to do a lot of insectcollections.
Mariquita Reese (40:39):
Yeah, lindsay's a big bug girl.
Lindsey Strickland (40:42):
I am a big bug girl.
Taylor D. Adams (40:43):
Is there?
Are there any bugs that you'relike?
No, that's gross.
Lindsey Strickland (40:46):
No, okay cool.
When I was younger I would getscared if I had to deal with
spiders inside.
But anything else is game.
Taylor D. Adams (40:55):
Okay, that's good.
I'm similar to you.
I'm like oh, cool, a bug.
If it's a roach in my houseI'll kill it, but everything
else I'm like okay yeah, Iactually love roaches.
Lindsey Strickland (41:06):
Really, I really like roaches.
Taylor D. Adams (41:07):
There are people I think that, markeeta,
are you, okay?
No?
Lindsey Strickland (41:12):
This is something that I discovered
recently when we went and sawRocky Horror.
Taylor D. Adams (41:17):
But, people with like rock hard abs look
like cockroaches to me so, so,like have since this realization
(41:47):
, have you like gone back andwatched like the original men in
black?
Is that like a?
Maybe?
Is that a?
Is that an underlying kink thatneeds?
Lindsey Strickland (41:51):
to be awoken .
Taylor D. Adams (41:51):
Oh my gosh, wow , yeah I mean, the dean has his
dalmatians maybe this is betternot awaken anything in me.
Oh my god, I'm not in like akinky way, but right okay, you
look like a cockroach now Idon't think I don't know any
(42:16):
person that would take that as acompliment yeah, well, I guess.
But if you find someone thattakes it as a compliment.
Lindsey Strickland (42:22):
Maybe that's meant to be anti-abs washboard
abs, because you look like acockroach, wow.
Mariquita Reese (42:32):
The reverse body shaming is why it is
reverse body shaming.
Taylor D. Adams (42:36):
Ew.
Clip (42:37):
No, ew, no no.
Mariquita Reese (42:39):
I'm also anti-abs.
I think that's just out ofjealousy.
Taylor D. Adams (42:45):
Maybe this is our.
If I can't have them, no onecan yes If I can't have them no
one can, is that?
Lindsey Strickland (42:48):
yes, if I can't have them, then you look
like a bug.
Taylor D. Adams (42:51):
Yeah, yeah I did not think we would end up in
the situation on this episode,but this is great.
Lindsey Strickland (42:56):
I love it I'm glad I got to share that
because have that been weighingon you?
I feel like the first time Isaw rocky horn.
He looks like a cockroach.
Mariquita Reese (43:08):
Thank you for giving Lindsay this platform.
Taylor D. Adams (43:10):
This is why the show's here.
This is why I have.
Mariquita Reese (43:16):
This show is for people to express their
opinions.
See, now you see why I put amicrophone in front of her.
I was like this is fucking gold.
And literally no one knows howfunny you are, because you're so
quiet and won't talk to anybody.
Lindsey Strickland (43:33):
Oh my god, lindsay, I didn't think you were
gonna find that that funnyjesus christ.
Taylor D. Adams (43:42):
Okay, so kind of a like.
Last question I guess I havefor you guys is do you have a
favorite moment, scene orepisode from the show?
Yes to everything you just saidokay, do you know what it is?
Lindsey Strickland (43:56):
my favorite episode is when they um have the
dinner party and then they messup the timelines.
One Troy, damn it, I'm gonna goas fast as I can so I don't
miss anything, and then theymess up the timelines.
Taylor D. Adams (44:08):
One Troy, damn it.
I'm gonna go as fast as I canso I don't miss anything.
Clip (44:15):
You know who I used to call Miss Anything Eartha Kitt?
Oh yeah, he totally set me up.
Clilp (44:21):
I'm checking on my pies.
Rock set no Bathroom.
Taylor D. Adams (44:26):
Yeah, over here , jeff, tell us about, about
your father.
Lindsey Strickland (44:30):
I'm gonna get a drink oh my god, are you
okay, I barely felt it let melook at it in the bathroom.
Taylor D. Adams (44:37):
That is my favorite yeah, remedial chaos
theory, that's one that's thatsticks with a lot of people.
Mariquita Reese (44:45):
I think it's one of their highest rated
episodes.
We're in the worst timelineWe've been in it since, I think
about that every passing second.
Lindsey Strickland (44:54):
Well, we're in the worst timeline, so what
can we do?
Mariquita Reese (44:57):
Oh, my God, Um, wow, that's a really good one.
I watched that one a lot.
Um the uh, I would say it'sfunny because it didn't used to
be one of my favorites, but I'vegotten a little soft in my old
age.
Clip (45:13):
I've gotten a little sentimental.
Mariquita Reese (45:14):
The Abed stop-motion Christmas episode.
Clip (45:18):
What do you care about Christmas, abed?
You're Muslim, don't yourpeople spend this season writing
angry letters to TV?
Guide.
It's true, religiously I'mMuslim, but I've always been a
big fan of Christmas, and thisis the most important Christmas
in the history of the universe.
I'm assuming that's why we'reall stop motion animated.
Mariquita Reese (45:32):
I like cry every time I watch it now, just
like, oh my god, he just misseshis mother.
Yeah, that one's so touching.
We didn't talk about it really,but just that aspect, like you
said, lindsay, of the fantasyand bringing it into just like a
traditional 30 minute sitcom,the fact that they were one of
(45:55):
those the first shows in Americato be doing the like big themes
and like, oh, we're going to doan episode where we're a video
game, we're stop motion, we'redoing musicals, we're paintball,
we're Dungeons and dragonsepisode, like they were so ahead
of so ahead of the curve ontheir, their concepts, um yeah,
(46:19):
and as like theme party peopleand like people who love to
dress up and have, uh likecostume parties and things.
Oh God, that's been one of myfavorite aspects as well, just
the themes and how they fit intothose motifs throughout the
series.
Lindsey Strickland (46:37):
In like 30 minutes.
Yeah, 30 minutes.
I also love any of thepaintball episodes and any of
the lava, Like any type offantasy.
Troy and Abed center chose.
Those are my favorite.
Mariquita Reese (46:50):
The blanket versus pillows fort.
Yes, oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (46:53):
Yeah.
Mariquita Reese (46:55):
The way.
The Ken Burns episode.
The Ken Burns episode.
Taylor D. Adams (46:58):
That's a really good one.
Mariquita Reese (46:59):
I love that one Genius, yeah, genius.
Oh my God, I love that episode.
Clilp (47:03):
A healthcare administration student who
turned a storage room into asanctuary for soldiers with
broken glasses and lightlygrazed testicles.
A high school dropout andamateur photographer whose
borrowed camera would capturesome of the war's blurriest,
most poorly framed moments.
A disgraced former lawyer whosewords would inspire tens of
(47:25):
students to take up pillows andfight, most likely to avoid an
upcoming test.
Mariquita Reese (47:30):
Yeah, there's so many good ones, but I think
any time they're creatively outof the box a little bit more
that's something.
I'm always going to gravitateto.
So yeah, stop motion, 8-bit,all of those.
Lindsey Strickland (47:40):
So creative.
Taylor D. Adams (47:42):
Yeah, like playing with the format, just
like something you don't reallythink about that a half-hour
comedy can do.
It embraces the absurdity like.
One of my favorites is the LawOrder episode.
That just cracks me up everytime I found that backpack.
Hey idiot, guess what.
(48:02):
We don't care about thebackpack Dead yam, big deal,
order some ketchup.
That doesn't make sense.
You don't order ketchup.
Backpack Dead yam, big deal,order some ketchup.
That doesn't make sense.
You don't order ketchup, it's acondiment.
Clip (48:13):
Troy.
Hey, walk it off, Troy, walk itoff.
Sorry, my friend, he's a badcop.
Yeah, I'm a good cop.
Okay, you can trust me.
Taylor D. Adams (48:19):
Okay, well, hey , I'm not falling for that.
The fact that they were almostallowed to do that too like it
just really I think.
I think that's kind of coolwhen, uh, the styles, um, that
the the show takes on get almostlike a blessing from the people
that they're like, trying toeither uh mock or pay homage to
like it doesn't matter, it'sjust they're having a good time,
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which I think is really cool.
Mariquita Reese (48:41):
Yeah, that's.
That's such a good point, and Ilove how the paintball episodes
basically led us to the mcu.
They did because the russobrothers directed those episodes
or wrote them or something.
They started out on community.
Taylor D. Adams (48:59):
Yeah and ended up doing all the fucking marvel
movies.
That's why the russo brothersgot uh, the avengers, because
they were so good with ensembles.
Lindsey Strickland (49:05):
Because of the paintball episodes they were
so good with ensembles.
Mariquita Reese (49:08):
I believe it.
The paintball episodes directlychanged film history.
That is community's influence.
Clip (49:15):
Don't even get me started, don't even get me started.
Mariquita Reese (49:17):
Yeah, oh, there's so much lore, so much
impact.
The fact that it's what?
15 plus years and we're stilltalking about it as if it just
aired.
Yeah, 15 plus years and we'restill talking about it as if it
just aired.
Yeah, that show.
I know that's when you startedwatching it, but I know it was
blowing up on netflix during thepandemic, um when, with good
reason.
Lindsey Strickland (49:36):
It's timeless yeah, I want to ask if
either of you have gotten toexperience like a community type
thing in life, like having agroup of people like that, oh
for sure.
Taylor D. Adams (49:49):
Yeah, I mean outside of, like I think,
general friendships that youdevelop in, uh, college.
Um, I have something similar tothat right now where we all
have different kinds ofpersonalities and stuff like
that, but nothing quite asescapist and outlandish as
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Greendale, I would say.
Lindsey Strickland (50:15):
I just have to talk about this.
But at my old job it was likeme and a bunch of just really
silly coworkers and every singlelunch and we had our two breaks
, we would just sit in therearound the table, just like
community.
And when I left and I wasthinking about it and then I
realized that I had communityand I didn't even realize it.
(50:36):
But now we play DungeonsDragons and they all listen to
the podcast, which is awesome.
Taylor D. Adams (50:43):
That is so cool .
What a good support systemthat's beautiful.
Mariquita Reese (50:50):
I think we have community.
We have community at home.
It's called night school baryes, that is very true um,
that's my, that's my version,that's my most recent iteration
of the community experience,especially because we're all
like adults.
Pretty much everyone there is intheir like yeah 30s, yeah and
up, um, I'd say going to nightschool bar film classes and I've
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made so many friends there, um,like I just yeah, I think
that's my version of that, likeall the kooky characters and all
our little side quests and thesilly videos we shoot yeah um,
we're all friends like outsideof that space now and do like
movie nights and things likethat.
Taylor D. Adams (51:34):
So, um, yeah, I think I have my, my new cast of
community characters yeah,isn't it so weird and rewarding
to make new friends as adults?
Mariquita Reese (51:45):
yeah, it's so strange it's.
Taylor D. Adams (51:47):
It's great, it's awesome.
Lindsey Strickland (51:48):
I didn't.
I was not good at makingfriends when I was younger and
I'm getting better at it as anadult.
So that's yeah, it's awesome.
Taylor D. Adams (51:55):
We're never done growing yeah.
On that note, Something haschanged within me and we're back
to that song man.
Thank you guys so much forcoming over and talking about
community.
I was so excited to talk aboutthis show and I'm very much.
I was not disappointed in ourchat.
Mariquita Reese (52:15):
So thank you guys, Thank you so much for
having us.
This is so much fun.
Taylor D. Adams (52:23):
Our presence and behavior affect those around
us and vice versa.
If we pretend to be, say, aSpanish tutor in order to get in
bed with a hot blonde, we endup deceiving several other
innocent people.
If we dress up in elegantladies' pantsuits in order to
protect classmates of ours, weare seen as worthy of true
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friendship.
The communities throughout ourlives shape us as much as we
shape them, and I am incrediblygrateful for the communities
that I am a part of, includingthe one I share with Markita and
Lindsay, and I hope all of youcan find a community amongst
those you love.
So how do y'all find community?
Is it through TV and movies?
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Is it through sports, food,whatever?
Let me know in the comments.
A huge thanks to Markita andLindsay for joining me today,
and a KFC space simulator size.
Thank you to you for joining us.
Please check out the Post FilmClarity podcast wherever you get
podcasts.
You can find links to the showin the show notes.
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The show's gonna last three weeks, six seasons and a
movie.
Lindsey Strickland (00:08):
I think getting to see a character like
Abed on TV and having still acommunity of people that still
liked him like the firstcharacter, that clearly unmasks
and everyone accepts him anyways.
Mariquita Reese (00:22):
Like there's always these pairings or these
kind of offbeat friendships andalliances that get built
throughout stories that I justlove A group of misfits who come
together and it's like usagainst everybody else.
Taylor D. Adams (00:38):
Greetings fellow human beings and welcome
back to the Film Nuts podcast.
I am your host storyteller andfilmmaker, taylor Dean Adams,
and I am so excited abouttoday's episode because we are
talking about one of my favoriteshows of all time Community.
What I love about Community iswell everything the cast,
(01:02):
chemistry, the jokes, thenarrative risk-taking, the
boldness to be weird.
It was unlike any half-hourcomedy I had ever seen before
and it further inspired mycreative journey.
I had episodes recorded on myDVR to re-watch later.
I recommended it to all of myfriends and I used quotes and
(01:23):
phrases from the showincessantly in everyday
conversation.
Yes, I was that guy and Icouldn't help it.
It became a part of my life.
It deepened my love fortelevision.
And I'm not the only one whowas touched by this show.
Marquita Reese and LindsayStrickland are the women behind
the Post Film Clarity podcast,which is described as two movie
(01:46):
fangirlies chatting their way toepiphany.
Their show is all about theshared love of cinema, and it
was through a shared love ofcinema at my local haunt just
down the road at Night SchoolBar in Durham, that I met these
wonderful people.
Markita, lindsay and I chatabout the challenges of making
friends as adults, theimportance of public libraries
(02:08):
and how community shaped theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
So shut up, leonard.
Here's Markita Reese andLindsay Strickland talking about
community on the Film Nutspodcast.
Lindsey Strickland (02:21):
I think you're holding on to a lot of
your past traumas from your oldjob.
Mariquita Reese (02:30):
It was so traumatic, that's true.
Yeah, I think I am carryingsome residual stress from my
last job and the way it ended.
Taylor D. Adams (02:39):
What was your old job?
Clip (02:45):
I was working at a lab and we all got, got like surprise
laid off one day, like rightbefore halloween, and they're
fun.
Mariquita Reese (02:49):
Yeah, it was.
I wasn't even there in person,so I got laid off on a um, like
on a team's meeting.
I was like I'm sick that isrude, yeah it was wild.
I was like cool, um guess I'mjust gonna hang out at my house
for three months.
So that's what I've been doing.
Oh, my gosh and throw myselfinto our podcast having the time
(03:10):
of your life honestly, for themost part I up until, like you
know, the car accident and a fewother things I was having the
time of my life.
Taylor D. Adams (03:19):
Yeah, but you're better now.
Mariquita Reese (03:21):
I'm great I had acupuncture.
Oh yes, yes, I told you I hadacupuncture and you had to pee.
And I did have to pee and y'allwere making fun of me about my
anxiety Because I thought I wasgoing to pee on the table.
I didn't, but I did have to pee, like immediately after Like
(03:42):
after she pulled all the needlesand I, like stood up.
Taylor D. Adams (03:45):
I was like well you held onto your faculties
for that long.
That's good, that's good.
Mariquita Reese (03:52):
Yeah, so that's where I'm at.
Taylor D. Adams (03:54):
Nice.
Well, I'm so glad to be talkingwith you guys today.
Um, I am really enjoying yourpodcast.
Lindsey Strickland (04:00):
Wait, how are you?
Taylor D. Adams (04:01):
How am I?
Oh, we didn't ask you.
I don't think a lot of peoplehave asked me how I am on this
podcast.
I mean I don't want to saynever, because I've done like 50
of these I've lost track.
But I'm good.
I am really good now that I'msitting here talking with y'all,
because I like talking withpeople who love.
I want to hear why people lovethe things that they love.
(04:24):
That brings me a lot of joy.
To hear Us too.
Isn't that a great feeling,just seeing and hearing somebody
kind of light up when they talkabout something they love.
Lindsey Strickland (04:29):
Yes, we just recently did an episode and
someone was talking about howmuch she enjoys seeing people
like us and it's such a warmfeeling that's awesome.
Mariquita Reese (04:40):
Yeah, we've had some great guests on recently
who have been like I love you, Ilove what you do, I love your
like enthusiasm.
And that's what we try to bringout of our guests as well when
we have them on Cause.
That's the question that we askwhen we pitch to people is we
want you to come on and talkabout something that you love?
Yeah, we don't do ratings.
We don't do reviews.
We don't really do anythingthat's currently in theaters.
(05:03):
That's not quite our interest,like we're much more interested
in, like what's the movie you'veseen like a thousand times.
Clip (05:09):
Right, and why do you love it so much?
Mariquita Reese (05:10):
Or like in your case today.
What's the TV show Like?
What's your comfort watch TVshow?
And for us, it's definitelyCommunity.
Clip (05:17):
Oh, my God.
What is Community College?
Well, you've heard all kinds ofthings.
You've heard it's loser collegefor remedial teens,
20-something dropouts,middle-aged divorcees and old
people keeping their mindsactive as they circle the drain
of eternity.
That's what you heard.
(05:39):
However, I wish you luck.
Mariquita Reese (05:43):
I've seen this series, I think, probably almost
10 times, all the way through.
Taylor D. Adams (05:49):
Wow, yeah easily.
Mariquita Reese (05:52):
Since it was originally airing, I've been
watching it.
Lindsey Strickland (05:54):
I didn't know that.
Oh yeah, I know we both loveCommunity, but I don't know
anything else other than that.
Yeah.
Mariquita Reese (06:01):
Oh, I've been watching this show since the
pilot, like back on NBC.
Yeah, oh, I've been watchingthis show since the pilot like
back on.
Nbc.
Yeah, I just came across it.
It was probably after, like,parks and Rec maybe or something
.
Taylor D. Adams (06:11):
I don't remember it was a Thursday.
It was usually a Thursday nightshow.
Mariquita Reese (06:15):
It was definitely a Thursday comedy.
Taylor D. Adams (06:17):
Maybe 8.30.
I can't quite remember, butyeah, it was like back in 09.
Mariquita Reese (06:20):
Yeah, oh, my God, yeah, oh, my god, yeah, I
was 21, yeah, yeah it was myfirst like adult TV show I was
watching right isn't that cool.
Lindsey Strickland (06:29):
I would have been 9.
Oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (06:33):
I'm actually trying to picture not that you
watched it when you were 9, butlike a 9 year old sitting down
to like watch Community.
Like I wonder how that would go.
Mariquita Reese (06:41):
I wanna, I wanna, meet the people.
Well, there's a wholegeneration of people like your
age who did watch it when theywere kids like yeah, kate is the
same age as you, and I know oneof our best friends and she
said that like her first sitcom,her big tv show that her
parents like let her watch, thatwas like a little more grown up
, was new girl oh, okay watchingnew girls and she was like 10
years old or something.
(07:01):
She grew up on that show and Iwas like that makes so much
sense.
That's why you're so fun likeit's like baked in to this next
generation coming up.
I think community is one ofthose shows that's really cool,
yeah, when did you see it?
Lindsey Strickland (07:13):
I first started watching community
during the pandemic.
That was my pandemic show.
Taylor D. Adams (07:17):
Okay, oh, that's a good one to pick up.
During the pandemic yeah, itwas six seasons, so grateful, so
grateful.
Lindsey Strickland (07:23):
I found it in the pandemic.
Taylor D. Adams (07:26):
Kind of for each of you.
Why do you love it so much?
Lindsey Strickland (07:31):
I think.
For me it was seeing all thecharacters and I guess their
friendship, but specificallyAbed, how about?
Mariquita Reese (07:39):
you Abed it's tomorrow.
Clip (07:41):
Tomorrow they're showing all four Indiana Joneses at the
Vista.
I'm really looking forward tothe first three.
I bought a whip.
This is really important to me,Abed.
It's tomorrow.
Tomorrow they're showing allfour Indiana Joneses at the
Vista.
I'm really looking forward tothe first three.
I bought a whip.
Mariquita Reese (07:47):
This is really important to me.
Abed, could you please go as myfriend, my really good friend.
Clip (07:53):
Well, I didn't realize we were really good friends.
I figured we were more likeChandler and Phoebe.
They never really had storiestogether.
Sure, I'll do it, Chandler.
Lindsey Strickland (08:01):
Thank you, Abed.
I think getting to see acharacter like Abed on TV and
having still a community ofpeople that still liked him- and
accepted him, yeah, yeah, yeah,and accommodated him, yeah well
, like, like the first.
Mariquita Reese (08:18):
I don't know if you guys can think of anything
but like the first characterthat clearly unmasks, and
everyone accepts him anyways um,if I was going to go back a
little further in tv history,I'd say kramer comes to mind,
like from steinfeld, becausehe's very out there.
He's out there unmasked forsure.
(08:39):
Right still has, you know, asquad of best friends who are
always hyping him up and goingon their little adventures
together.
But it wasn't as common, Idon't think before.
Maybe Cheers, but I wasn'treally watching Cheers like that
.
Taylor D. Adams (08:53):
Yeah, if, I, I mean.
Mariquita Reese (08:57):
Again.
All NBC shows yeah, a characterspecifically like Abed.
Taylor D. Adams (09:01):
Yeah, I was trying to think about this too.
A while ago I watched theHarmontown documentary.
I don't know if you guys havewatched that or not, but it was
back when Dan Harmon had theHarmontown podcast and would go
on tour and stuff like that.
And the podcast was about or,excuse me, the documentary was
about him touring all over thecountry with his podcast.
He was having fun with hisfriends, but a lot of people
(09:23):
come up to him and say I uh,thank you so much for making
community specifically for abed.
And these are people thatidentified themselves as on the
autism spectrum and they're likethank you so much for making
this character like.
I see myself, I see that he hasfriends, I see that he's like
accepted and so that I was likethat's a because when I was
(09:44):
watching it I didn't clock it.
I was like, oh, it's just likea kooky character.
Like I didn't clock that, therewas this character, uh, like
had had something going on inhis life that I didn't under,
that I couldn't grasp orunderstand so to see that I was
like, oh shit, that makes somuch sense.
And also really cool that peopleare identifying with this
character, whether or not, thatthey also identify as being on
(10:08):
the spectrum or not, like theycan see like this character is
very special and that'sabsolutely he has like basically
a support system you know as adysfunctional support system as
the study group is Dysfunctionalbeing the operative word there.
Mariquita Reese (10:21):
Yeah, I, yeah.
I think my favorite aspect ofcommunity is definitely the, the
relationships, the, the way.
You see, I'm a big fan of um,like unlikely friendships and
unlikely pairings and stories umsome of the pairings throughout
, like game of thrones, forexample um aria and the hound
(10:42):
and brienne and jamie likethere's always these pairings or
these kind of offbeat, uhfriendships and alliances that
get built throughout storiesthat I, I just love.
I've always been really drawnto that, um kind of like a group
of misfits who come togetherand kind of it's like us against
everybody else.
That really resonates with meas like a person within, I think
(11:05):
, within my own friendfriendships.
Um, over time, I feel like I'mdefinitely giving some like some
of that energy throughout myfriendships.
As far as, uh, yeah, it'ssomething I relate to heavy.
Taylor D. Adams (11:20):
That's great so with I can both tell that
you're you love this show notbecause that, not because you're
on here to talk about itspecifically, but when you're
talking about, I can kind of seeit, I can hear it, and kind of
tie back a little bit to yourpodcast.
Post film clarity.
Why did y'all decide to startthis podcast?
Mariquita Reese (11:41):
well, basically we have been having these
conversations.
We basically got like 50episodes that we should have had
that are just in the ether ofthe alamo draft house parking
lot.
Lindsey Strickland (11:52):
Well, they're in my brain for when we
do episodes on them.
Mariquita Reese (11:56):
Yeah, we, we had seen, lizzie and I started
seeing movies together just thetwo of us probably like two
years ago almost two years agonow yeah so that became like we
were part of a bigger friendgroup, um a la community, you
know.
There's like six, seven of us,but then, like we paired off on
our own and we're like let's goto the movies together.
Lindsey Strickland (12:16):
I think about that so much because I I
did not realize that we werelike excluding ourselves and
doing this like thing alone.
I someone said that once.
Mariquita Reese (12:28):
I was like, oh, I didn't realize I mean, y'all
can come, but where is our?
Thing going now it's like it'skind of our thing.
It wasn't intentional at all.
It was just us like relating toeach other and finding our like
niche within our friend groupand just being two people who
were willing to drive out thereall the time and see movies and
(12:51):
discuss them and learn about wedo a lot of repertory screenings
as well.
So Lindsay was like I want tosee old movies and I want to
learn about all these moviesI've missed or things that you
know were before I was born, orI want to see more of a certain
director, like that kind ofthing.
I was like, say less say less.
Lindsey Strickland (13:10):
It pains me knowing there's so many movies
that I probably will love, but Ihave not seen them yet yeah
it's like it's a lifelongmission.
It's like it's it's hard tofind people that are committed
to doing that too.
Mariquita Reese (13:27):
It's me baby, it's me right here, it's Big Dog
.
We used to go when we had moretime and different schedules.
Lindsey Strickland (13:37):
Maybe two, three times a week sometimes.
Wow, oh yeah, it was a blast Atthe movies, we created enemies
at the Alamo Whoa.
Mariquita Reese (13:48):
Shout out to our haters yeah what we have
enemies, we have movie theaterbeef.
Lindsey Strickland (13:52):
Yeah, why?
What happened?
Just because we go there, wewould go there so often, and
there's a lot of people thatalso go there often.
Mariquita Reese (14:04):
We had our own, like Starburns, situation.
Lindsey Strickland (14:08):
Ruined Marquita's shining experience.
Taylor D. Adams (14:12):
I'm so sorry to hear that you look triggered.
Mariquita Reese (14:17):
That shit just made me so mad thinking about it
.
He was like talking to himselfthe whole movie and like banging
on the table and like keptgetting up sitting back down
getting up sitting back downJust like a lot of like frantic
energy, and I was like are youall right, you're stressing me.
The fuck out dude.
He wouldn't stop Like two hoursstraight of him just like
(14:41):
muttering to himself and likerunning out of the theater and
then coming back in and I waslike what are you?
doing and like he kept likebanging the armrest and like
shaking the seat and I was likeyo just sit still Like I'm a big
like anti-fidget during a movie, like I'm a movie stickler and
that's also.
I think, a reason that lindseyand I like connect because we're
(15:04):
both like let's just be fuckingquiet and like I just movie.
Taylor D. Adams (15:08):
Hush please, and sit still like we're, just
like I'm the same way like themovie's on, like the movie's on.
Mariquita Reese (15:15):
The movie is on that's.
That's as simple as it shouldbe no, and he was like just very
frantically, just disruptivethe whole time and I was like
it's the first time I've seenthe shining in movie theaters.
And you're fucking killing me,dog you're killing me.
Lindsey Strickland (15:31):
Every single time, I like felt the vibration
of, however, like what theworst version, marquito was
getting.
Mariquita Reese (15:38):
I could just like feel that like rage and
then we kept running into him atlike every fucking movie for
like a month after that.
Lindsey Strickland (15:47):
I was like oh my, whoever got there first,
we'd just be like he's here,like that guy is here again, god
damn it yeah, so we had, uh, wehave beef.
Mariquita Reese (15:59):
We have, like, certain seats, we like to sit in
certain favorite theaters thirdrow.
Taylor D. Adams (16:04):
Third row we have.
Mariquita Reese (16:05):
Um, I do like the third row hey that's us,
that's us uh, yeah, um and uh,we have like certain favorite
waiters and waitresses that wewere like tight with yeah, shout
out to sky we love you, skyler.
That's awesome.
Yeah, so that's been our thingfor like two years, and then,
like a year of that year yearand a half of that we were like,
hey, we should start recordingthese, yeah.
Lindsey Strickland (16:28):
Yeah, we would like talk outside after
the movie for hours sometimes,and then eventually we were like
, um, yeah, time to startgetting this recorded, yeah.
Mariquita Reese (16:39):
Yeah, and then we started it.
Uh, started working on it lastAugust and then started
releasing last November.
Taylor D. Adams (16:46):
I think it's kind of interesting that the
reasons that you guys talkedabout, about why you love
community both characters andrelationships I kind of want to
know is there a part of you guysthat loves this show because as
kids you spent so much time inlibraries actually yes, because
(17:09):
the tables in a community remindme so
Lindsey Strickland (17:10):
much of like classroom tables or library
tables.
Mariquita Reese (17:13):
Wow, yeah oh my god, this whole show takes
place in a study room.
Lindsey Strickland (17:16):
Slash like library and that's yes wow, mind
is blown, I think I justglitched.
Mariquita Reese (17:25):
Yes Wow, mind is blown, I think I just
glitched.
Lindsey Strickland (17:29):
Wow, when did you come together with that?
Taylor D. Adams (17:32):
Well, I was listening to your podcast and
it's the very first episodewhere you guys talk about a
little bit of your backgrounds.
Lindsey Strickland (17:37):
Oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (17:39):
But do you think that that's a part of it,
or does it just happen to becoincidence?
Mariquita Reese (17:43):
Absolutely no absolutely Subconsciously Okay
that that's a part of it, or isit just happened to be
coincidence?
Absolutely, absolutely okay,subconsciously okay, I mean, now
that you say yeah, I mean Ithink of where I spent most of
my time like socializing, um,when I wasn't in and out of
school, and it was definitely in, like study rooms, libraries,
like wow yeah, no, I knew I wasalways weirdly fixated on the
(18:04):
tables that they're in the studyroom in and I think that's why
Interesting.
Wow, that's crazy, that'sinteresting.
You just unlocked something forus.
Damn, that's journalism.
Taylor D. Adams (18:16):
I always feel like it's a good response when
they have to think about theanswer to the question how do
you know that?
Lindsey Strickland (18:25):
How'd you come up with?
Taylor D. Adams (18:26):
that it's a public record.
What are you talking about?
We're public figures.
Mariquita Reese (18:29):
Now people are just gonna come up to us and
just know things about us nowtake me back.
Taylor D. Adams (18:34):
Take me back to the libraries.
You guys were in as kids likeis there a tactile feel to the
table like talk about?
Is there smell?
Lindsey Strickland (18:42):
No, it's that specific color of wood in
the community table and like howthey would always line up, but
like one would be like a littleuneven.
Mariquita Reese (18:53):
So yeah, that like fake like particle board
kind of wood.
Lindsey Strickland (18:57):
And it'd be all like scratchy.
Mariquita Reese (18:59):
All the like carvings.
Taylor D. Adams (19:01):
Making notches in it.
Mariquita Reese (19:02):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I, I love and I love
, I don't know.
I mean, I'm sure they did thison purpose, but, like over time
throughout the series, thattable is constantly like
changing there's like littlemarks rubbed into the tape like
it ages over time.
There's little you can seethings from when they had that
damn monkey yeah, like this, alot happens on that table.
Taylor D. Adams (19:24):
The monkey's name was andy's boobs.
Let's call it.
Mariquita Reese (19:26):
Oh right, the monkey has a name yes, yes, I'm
sorry, andy's boobs yeah, great,great character, um.
But yeah, for me it wasn't somuch the the table, but it is
that that space, like they're inkind of a fishbowl.
But it is that space, they'rein kind of a fishbowl, but also
(19:47):
the blinds are drawn most of thetime.
So I felt like they really werein their own world, within that
school, within their ownclasses.
A lot of the characters comment, a lot of the secondary
characters comment on that.
They're like oh, you guysyou're always off in your own
little group.
You're off in your own littleworld and it's like you're a
part of the school and a part ofthis classroom, but you're not,
(20:08):
Cause you've got Elitist studygroup.
Yeah, I remember when theywouldn't like they won't let
anybody in.
Yeah, they had like auditions.
Taylor D. Adams (20:16):
Yeah, Jack Black episode it's still one of
my favorite episodes.
Lindsey Strickland (20:23):
Yesterday.
The group took a vote.
Clip (20:31):
And you seem to have figured out the rest of it, was
it the high kick, was it?
Taylor D. Adams (20:37):
you go, girl.
You guys think you're so cool.
Clip (20:42):
No, we think we're cool at all.
I put myself out there for you.
Mariquita Reese (20:46):
I laid my soul bare.
Taylor D. Adams (20:49):
I made you guys lemon squares with free-range
eggs that I baked with my ownhands.
Clip (20:54):
Maybe a little less sugar next time.
Mariquita Reese (20:56):
I think there's something about just being,
because I remember that feelingas a kid of being in a room
filled, filled with books, butthen also windows and just it.
Really I really did feel like Iwas in my own world, usually
reading by myself somewhere justin a corner, just ugh.
(21:18):
I love it.
Oh, I love libraries.
These are like, they're likekind of of you consider them
almost like safe spaces.
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah, that was like my place.
I would go to like get out of myhouse for sure every day, and I
would take my little sisterwith me too, um, so, yeah, we
spent pretty much every dayafter school, um, we were within
(21:39):
walking distance.
When we moved back into town, Iwas like 17 and she was
probably four, um, four or five,something like that, and she,
um, I would walk down thelibrary with her, um to like
help her with homework, andshe'd play her little web
shopkins games and, uh, yeah,that was our space to like get
(22:02):
out of the house, um, and ourparents wouldn't let us have a
computer, so that was the onlyplace I could.
I know interesting, I didn'thave a computer growing up.
Okay, yeah, I was not an onlinelike kid really like I had
social media but I would checkit at the library like once a
week.
You know, like I feel likethat's a healthy move.
I'm nine minutes before my timebecause I don't know if you you
(22:23):
had this right when, like ifyou use the computers at the
library, you only have like acertain amount of internet time
there were like some and itwould just cut you off.
Lindsey Strickland (22:31):
Oh really, oh yeah, the library that I go
to, ours were one hour.
Mariquita Reese (22:36):
For nothing.
You send like three emails,yeah, 15 minutes.
Lindsey Strickland (22:41):
That's diabolical.
It was like they'd be on theend.
It was so weird Because if theywere all taking up, that was
the only one.
You'd go on.
Mariquita Reese (22:48):
Oh my God, that's so sick.
No, we would log in for an hour, but in that one hour a day it
was like that's the only screentime I had for my entire
adolescence.
Was that one hour?
Taylor D. Adams (23:00):
Um, yeah very important space.
So with community.
Um, it's kind of funny causethere's over a hundred episodes
of the show you know we keephoping for.
16 is in a movie.
Mariquita Reese (23:12):
We're getting the movie.
Taylor D. Adams (23:13):
We're getting the movie it's you know it's
coming talked about kind of kindof develop it.
Uh, we don't know the exactstatus of it.
Um, but are there any kind oflike?
You both watch it completelydifferent times?
Clip (23:27):
are there any?
Taylor D. Adams (23:27):
specific memories you have of, maybe like
where you were, who you werewith during you know the first
time you watched it, or like acertain episode or something
along the lines of how was howhas community basically been in
your life other than watching it?
Mariquita Reese (23:43):
Wow, um, when I started it, uh, like I said,
that was my first show that Iwould.
I was watching that I was a fanof as an adult living out on my
own in the world.
That was my.
So when I was living in myfirst apartment, I moved out of
my parents house when I was 20,um 20 or 21, and I think the
(24:07):
show started that same year.
So that was my first kind ofanchor into my adult space, into
my first apartment.
Come home, watch community,like cook my dinner.
It was like my it was.
It felt like at first it wasdefinitely very like a solo
(24:27):
fandom.
A lot of my friends weren't,weren't, weren't.
I had to put them on.
Lindsey Strickland (24:35):
That's actually how I feel now.
A lot of my friends have notseen community, so when I knew I
had the opportunity to talkwith people who had seen, I was
like absolutely that's awesomeyeah, we were both uh
ambassadors 11 years apart.
Mariquita Reese (24:48):
That's great yeah.
Taylor D. Adams (24:50):
I.
It was kind of a similarexperience too.
Yeah, it came out like it wasthe first year out for me out of
college.
Um, I was living by myself andI was just like I didn't really
know what, exactly what I wantedto do.
But I wanted to be likeinvolved in television, and so
community was one of the shows Ihad like paid attention to and
it was just like it's a halfhour comedy, a new.
(25:11):
It's airing on nbc.
I was like I'll watch it and Iwas like, oh, this is pretty fun
.
And I kept watching it and Iwas like, oh, this show is
brilliant, this show is ishilarious.
And I was trying to trying toturn all my friends onto it and
I have succeeded almost like ahundred percent in getting
everyone I know to watch it.
Mariquita Reese (25:27):
So it did become like a social yeah thing
we would all talk about at worktogether and but at first, no,
it's pretty much just me postingon, you know, facebook 2.0,
like you guys gonna watch theshow.
Taylor D. Adams (25:49):
Oh, I was on tumblr posting reposting gifts
no, not listen I've never beenon tumblr in my life oh man, I,
I used man, I used to love mesome Tumblr.
My love affair lasted for maybelike two years, that's pretty
fast.
Mariquita Reese (26:05):
That's pretty fast.
I think people are still onthere.
I was like I couldn't believethis.
Lindsey Strickland (26:09):
I never experienced Tumblr.
I stayed away.
Mariquita Reese (26:11):
Same.
That's not for me.
Lindsey Strickland (26:18):
That wasn't part of my screen time.
Mariquita Reese (26:22):
You're an hour screen time.
You had to.
You're hours.
You gotta make it, make itcount.
There wasn't time within thatone hour to get on tumblr.
Taylor D. Adams (26:24):
It wasn't happening um, markita, you're
from New York.
How do you say bagel?
How do you pronounce bagel?
Lindsey Strickland (26:30):
I don't come on, bagel.
Mariquita Reese (26:32):
Ugh, you're the worst yo don't even get me
started, britta is Britta theworst, britta the worst.
Taylor D. Adams (26:41):
Britta is the worst, I really.
Lindsey Strickland (26:43):
I really want to talk about Britta.
Mariquita Reese (26:44):
Britta is actually she's man, oh man.
The writing on that characteris so ahead of its time as far
as, like the, the virtuesignaling like fake, woke white
feminist Woo.
They had an entire generationof white women like dead to
rights, dead just like bullseye.
(27:07):
Oh man, britta is the fuckingworst and it's bagel, bagel it's
, it's such a weird joke andit's.
Taylor D. Adams (27:19):
It still sticks with me the fact that I like
I'll like nicole and I will belike, hey, you want to go get a
bagel?
Yeah, we'll just say it.
Mariquita Reese (27:28):
The joke has now become in the lexicon yeah,
she that gif, that's always Imean, it's been what 15 years or
something that gif where she'slike I can excuse racism, but I
draw the line at animal crueltyyou can excuse racism.
Oh my god, it's the way.
Like you said, I am from newyork.
I'm from upstate new york,specifically like woodstock area
(27:51):
, very like white, privileged,like hippie, but like
millionaires type of community.
Um, and the way there are somany Britas where I'm from, oh
my God, I can think of one rightnow.
Yo, there's so many Britas whoare just in this, oblivious,
(28:16):
like I'm helping, like do-goodermentality, who are just, first
of all, you ain't shit.
Second of all, you're nothelping.
Thirdly, if you are, it'salways at the expense of your
black friends, of your otherwomen friends like she, oh my
god, yeah, her redemption arc islike slight, but I love that
(28:36):
they never, ever fully go likeoh, actually, britta's okay,
she's right sometimes like nah,nah, they, they hold her to task
and I think, especially in that, like early mid-2000s, I think,
I think white women reallyneeded that.
I think they needed to behumbled a little bit.
Lindsey Strickland (28:54):
I am so curious about her character
because they I mean they starther off as like this woke, uh.
Mariquita Reese (29:01):
Activist, and then it's like a quick turn,
it's like, oh no, she's just adumb blonde yeah, I think it was
more so they they were likepointing out the fact that she
wasn't really an activist yeahshe just, she's a bandwagon, she
wants she.
She likes the idea of activismright and will participate to an
extent she's a great character,though like the show doesn't
(29:24):
work without her, that's forsure.
Taylor D. Adams (29:25):
But she's just such an interesting figure in
that friend dynamic is there aof the greendale seven and then
chang and pelton kind of yourmain characters?
Is there a particular characteryou guys identify with?
Lindsey Strickland (29:40):
Hmm, Hmm, there's a character.
I like to think that everyonecan identify a little bit with
everyone, but I think I'mdefinitely a mixture of Abed and
Troy.
Clip (29:53):
Troy and Abed in the morning, and we're back.
Look who's here, jeff Winger.
Jeff, how do you stay so fit?
Uh, diet exercise genetics.
Oh, sure, back, look who's here, jeff winger.
Jeff, how do you stay so fit?
Uh, diet exercise genetics sure, sure, okay.
Taylor D. Adams (30:05):
So it seems as though we have a clip.
You want to set it up for us?
Uh, I'd like to, but I don'tknow what you're talking about.
Okay, we'll just roll it.
Why is that?
Lindsey Strickland (30:14):
um, well, I really relate to abed but but
with Troy's maybe likeplayfulness.
Mariquita Reese (30:24):
And being a good friend.
I like that.
Lindsey Strickland (30:27):
Not at first .
Taylor D. Adams (30:28):
He comes around to being.
Lindsey Strickland (30:29):
That's true, that's true.
Taylor D. Adams (30:30):
I really love the evolution of their
friendship.
Lindsey Strickland (30:32):
Me too.
Taylor D. Adams (30:33):
It's so beautiful you don't think that
they would ever be best friends.
And then, pretty early on intothe show, they're like nope,
these guys are going to be.
Mariquita Reese (30:42):
They break up into their own little duo.
Lindsey Strickland (30:43):
Yeah, I think Abed breaks down Troy's
little jock image almostimmediately.
Mariquita Reese (30:50):
Yeah, for sure.
I think, oh man, who am I inthe friend group?
I think I have Jeff and Annieenergy.
Do something we're going tolose.
Taylor D. Adams (31:08):
Guys.
This is important to Annie.
So whoever actually died a fewmonths ago, fess up so we can
put a stake through your heart,annie.
I think the real lesson here isthat a model you win much like
the real you win quickly fallsapart when faced with actually.
Mariquita Reese (31:24):
I Fear I am a Jeff Annie, hi, but like just
hyper competitive and like, okay, the leader.
But also I don't want to be,but when I'm not, I'm annoyed
the whole time.
You will reluctantly accept itwhen it's thrust upon you, if I
(31:48):
must, I think, but annie yeah, Ithink I have, like I'm like
jeff in that sense, that likesometimes I come off like a
little aloof, a little too cool,but then like I'm really deep
down, just Annie, because I wanteverything to be perfect and I
want to be the best.
Clip (32:07):
And.
Mariquita Reese (32:07):
I want things to be hyper organized and I want
like I'm very driven, I'm veryambitious.
I think, Annie's ambition, butJeff's like I don't give a fuck.
It's like that's me at war withmyself Just every day.
Taylor D. Adams (32:24):
That's interesting.
I think that's what makes themkind of an interesting will.
They won't be on the show Likethey're kind of they get paired
together a lot but they're notnecessarily like supposed to,
you know, be paired together,but I think they do end up.
I think that works.
Lindsey Strickland (32:39):
I actually really love their love interest
like that little, because theydon't ever really go anywhere
with it, but they do kiss at thevery end and I I love that,
that scene I'll let you go anniewith my hands my head, the
heart, which cynics say is codefor penis wants what?
Clip (33:04):
it wants.
But I let you go the others arecoming.
Lindsey Strickland (33:19):
I think you should kiss me goodbye or you
might regret it for the rest ofyour life.
Clip (33:24):
What about you?
Lindsey Strickland (33:25):
I'll regret the kiss for a week.
I'm in my twenties, who cares?
Mariquita Reese (33:30):
I think I loved it at the time, but now that
I'm older, it's a little gross.
Clip (33:34):
I'm Jeff's age now and I'm like I would not be kissing on
no, 18 year old.
Mariquita Reese (33:37):
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Lindsey Strickland (33:40):
Do you guys think that Jeff is actually a
good guy?
Ooh.
Taylor D. Adams (33:44):
I think, I think he wants to be.
Mariquita Reese (33:47):
I'd say by the end of the series.
Yes, but it took six long yearsto get there.
It took some work.
It took a lot.
It took some work.
Taylor D. Adams (33:56):
I think he is someone who really wants to be a
good person and to.
You know he reluctantly acceptsbeing in charge, taking care of
it Like he does it, um.
But yeah, it's kind of like hisown past and preconceived
notions like gets in the way youknow everybody on the everybody
in the in the study group likehas their own, you know issues
(34:21):
you know, issues.
You know sure, jeff's got fatherissues, you know, and he has a
history of substance abuse, I'llbet has uh, um, abandonment
issues, like everybody's gottheir own kind of thing going on
and I think just to see a showtrying like I I forget, I forget
where I heard this or saw it,but dan harman talked about just
sitcom.
Tv in general is like, uh, youlearn a lesson at the end of the
(34:42):
30 minutes, and in communitythat doesn't necessarily happen
because that's like more likereal life, like there's still
usually like some kind of likegeneral lesson learned, but it
does have.
It has a very minimal impact onhow they evolve as characters,
which is why it takes so longfor them to like move an inch
(35:06):
yes, yeah, and I love that, thatspecific scene where the that
guy, the the science partnerthat calls them out todd todd.
Clip (35:18):
What is wrong with you people?
Huh, I thought you weresupposed to be friends.
I thought you were supposed tolove each other.
Your love is weird and toxicand it destroys everything it
touches.
(35:38):
I no longer care about gradesor biology, or finally
graduating from college, like Ipromised my dying father.
I'm going home, I'm going tohold my wife and my child close
and I am going to finally takemy insulin shot.
Mariquita Reese (36:04):
And he's holding a turtle while he's
screaming, and it's so funny.
Yes, when todd calls him out,he's like you guys are so toxic,
you are so boring, you're meanI'm really glad you brought todd
up and earlier you talked aboutstar burns yes do you guys have
a favorite secondary characterchang?
I think chang is primary.
I think Chang's a primarycharacter.
Well, he does become a primaryover time, for sure.
(36:25):
Ooh, my favorite.
Taylor D. Adams (36:26):
I mean, if they're ever in the opening
credits, they're a maincharacter to me.
Mariquita Reese (36:29):
That's what I think.
Oh, my God, my favorite.
Second there's so many.
Who's the one who?
Oh, oh, what am I talking about?
It's Magnitude.
Clip (36:43):
Pop pop.
This is not a party.
Don't tell that to Magnitude.
Who's Magnitude?
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Pop, pop,Pop pop.
Lindsey Strickland (36:52):
It's Magnitude I was hoping one of
you would say Magnitude.
Taylor D. Adams (36:58):
That's one of my favorites.
Lindsey Strickland (36:59):
I couldn't even think of his name.
I was just thinking Pop pop.
Mariquita Reese (37:04):
Oh man, he's the best.
Taylor D. Adams (37:06):
That's Luke Youngblood.
I wonder.
Oh man, he's the best.
That's luke luke youngblood.
I wonder where is he?
Um, I don't know regularly, buthe's in the first harry potter
movie.
Mariquita Reese (37:15):
Um yeah, oh my god, he's, he's british, yes,
he's british.
Taylor D. Adams (37:18):
And then there was this, uh, there was this
show um called gallivant uh,which was lasted two seasons on
abc was like a medieval musicalcomedy, had it had Vinnie Jones,
tim Amundsen and LukeYoungblood was like the
secondary character in it.
Mariquita Reese (37:36):
I don't remember this at all.
Taylor D. Adams (37:37):
I think if you, oh, if you've been to musicals,
you were singing Wicked earlier.
I think you guys would dig itif you liked it.
Mariquita Reese (37:43):
Why are you outing me?
I'm not outing, there's nothingwrong with liking a movie why
are?
You.
I did not give my consent,outed as a brand new wicked fan
as of 24 hours ago who's theprofessor that was like ex-cop
or ex-military or something likethat.
Taylor D. Adams (38:05):
Oh, um jonathan banks's character, professor
hickey oh, from breaking badyeah, oh, I love him.
Mariquita Reese (38:12):
Yes, I love him .
That's a good one.
Taylor D. Adams (38:14):
Yeah, I like that one, that one's good he
does a really yeah, I think hecomes in like season five or
something and he's such a likeserious like so intense dude,
but he's so good like within theworld of community for sure it
makes so much sense.
Mariquita Reese (38:27):
And in that same vein, um michael was it
michael k williams?
Taylor D. Adams (38:31):
from the wire.
Yes, when I heard, when I read,they were bringing him on, I
was like, oh, I am very excitedabout this wire omar like yeah,
yo, he came in and just hekilled it too so one of the
things that I usually ask peopleon this show is usually
somebody who's watching orlistening to this episode has
(38:52):
seen community.
Um, if there's somebody youknow who hasn't seen it, what is
your pitch to them in order toget them to watch it?
Mariquita Reese (39:03):
damn, I used to do this all the time.
Lindsey Strickland (39:06):
I think it's the best casual fantasy.
Hmm, like in a sitcom platform.
Taylor D. Adams (39:15):
Okay.
Mariquita Reese (39:17):
It's like approachable.
Lindsey Strickland (39:20):
Yeah, but it's fantasy, but it's so subtle
and genius, every singleepisode.
Mariquita Reese (39:28):
Ooh, I like that answer.
Um, well, there's like twodifferent pitches, because back
in the day I think, um, I wouldhave pitched it completely
differently than I do now.
I think the biggest drawnowadays to get people to watch
it is just to bring up donaldglover okay I think I mean he's
(39:48):
by far the biggest star out ofthat show and has probably the
biggest career post community asfar as music and movies and
atlanta um and as a writer,producer, etc.
Um, so yeah, I think the pitch Igive nowadays just like do you
want to see a really youngdonald glover?
(40:10):
And like his first, one of hisfirst acting roles yeah, just
coming to his own and, um, justyeah, I think I would probably
sell it based on just youngdonald glover killing it every
week it's a good one, right?
Yeah, l yeah.
Taylor D. Adams (40:27):
Lindsay, when you were um, when you were
studying biology, how manyterrariums or dioramas did you
have to do?
Lindsey Strickland (40:34):
I didn't have to do any of those, but I
had to do a lot of insectcollections.
Mariquita Reese (40:39):
Yeah, lindsay's a big bug girl.
Lindsey Strickland (40:42):
I am a big bug girl.
Taylor D. Adams (40:43):
Is there?
Are there any bugs that you'relike?
No, that's gross.
Lindsey Strickland (40:46):
No, okay cool.
When I was younger I would getscared if I had to deal with
spiders inside.
But anything else is game.
Taylor D. Adams (40:55):
Okay, that's good.
I'm similar to you.
I'm like oh, cool, a bug.
If it's a roach in my houseI'll kill it, but everything
else I'm like okay yeah, Iactually love roaches.
Lindsey Strickland (41:06):
Really, I really like roaches.
Taylor D. Adams (41:07):
There are people I think that, markeeta,
are you, okay?
No?
Lindsey Strickland (41:12):
This is something that I discovered
recently when we went and sawRocky Horror.
Taylor D. Adams (41:17):
But, people with like rock hard abs look
like cockroaches to me so, so,like have since this realization
(41:47):
, have you like gone back andwatched like the original men in
black?
Is that like a?
Maybe?
Is that a?
Is that an underlying kink thatneeds?
Lindsey Strickland (41:51):
to be awoken .
Taylor D. Adams (41:51):
Oh my gosh, wow , yeah I mean, the dean has his
dalmatians maybe this is betternot awaken anything in me.
Oh my god, I'm not in like akinky way, but right okay, you
look like a cockroach now Idon't think I don't know any
(42:16):
person that would take that as acompliment yeah, well, I guess.
But if you find someone thattakes it as a compliment.
Lindsey Strickland (42:22):
Maybe that's meant to be anti-abs washboard
abs, because you look like acockroach, wow.
Mariquita Reese (42:32):
The reverse body shaming is why it is
reverse body shaming.
Taylor D. Adams (42:36):
Ew.
Clip (42:37):
No, ew, no no.
Mariquita Reese (42:39):
I'm also anti-abs.
I think that's just out ofjealousy.
Taylor D. Adams (42:45):
Maybe this is our.
If I can't have them, no onecan yes If I can't have them no
one can, is that?
Lindsey Strickland (42:48):
yes, if I can't have them, then you look
like a bug.
Taylor D. Adams (42:51):
Yeah, yeah I did not think we would end up in
the situation on this episode,but this is great.
Lindsey Strickland (42:56):
I love it I'm glad I got to share that
because have that been weighingon you?
I feel like the first time Isaw rocky horn.
He looks like a cockroach.
Mariquita Reese (43:08):
Thank you for giving Lindsay this platform.
Taylor D. Adams (43:10):
This is why the show's here.
This is why I have.
Mariquita Reese (43:16):
This show is for people to express their
opinions.
See, now you see why I put amicrophone in front of her.
I was like this is fucking gold.
And literally no one knows howfunny you are, because you're so
quiet and won't talk to anybody.
Lindsey Strickland (43:33):
Oh my god, lindsay, I didn't think you were
gonna find that that funnyjesus christ.
Taylor D. Adams (43:42):
Okay, so kind of a like.
Last question I guess I havefor you guys is do you have a
favorite moment, scene orepisode from the show?
Yes to everything you just saidokay, do you know what it is?
Lindsey Strickland (43:56):
my favorite episode is when they um have the
dinner party and then they messup the timelines.
One Troy, damn it, I'm gonna goas fast as I can so I don't
miss anything, and then theymess up the timelines.
Taylor D. Adams (44:08):
One Troy, damn it.
I'm gonna go as fast as I canso I don't miss anything.
Clip (44:15):
You know who I used to call Miss Anything Eartha Kitt?
Oh yeah, he totally set me up.
Clilp (44:21):
I'm checking on my pies.
Rock set no Bathroom.
Taylor D. Adams (44:26):
Yeah, over here , jeff, tell us about, about
your father.
Lindsey Strickland (44:30):
I'm gonna get a drink oh my god, are you
okay, I barely felt it let melook at it in the bathroom.
Taylor D. Adams (44:37):
That is my favorite yeah, remedial chaos
theory, that's one that's thatsticks with a lot of people.
Mariquita Reese (44:45):
I think it's one of their highest rated
episodes.
We're in the worst timelineWe've been in it since, I think
about that every passing second.
Lindsey Strickland (44:54):
Well, we're in the worst timeline, so what
can we do?
Mariquita Reese (44:57):
Oh, my God, Um, wow, that's a really good one.
I watched that one a lot.
Um the uh, I would say it'sfunny because it didn't used to
be one of my favorites, but I'vegotten a little soft in my old
age.
Clip (45:13):
I've gotten a little sentimental.
Mariquita Reese (45:14):
The Abed stop-motion Christmas episode.
Clip (45:18):
What do you care about Christmas, abed?
You're Muslim, don't yourpeople spend this season writing
angry letters to TV?
Guide.
It's true, religiously I'mMuslim, but I've always been a
big fan of Christmas, and thisis the most important Christmas
in the history of the universe.
I'm assuming that's why we'reall stop motion animated.
Mariquita Reese (45:32):
I like cry every time I watch it now, just
like, oh my god, he just misseshis mother.
Yeah, that one's so touching.
We didn't talk about it really,but just that aspect, like you
said, lindsay, of the fantasyand bringing it into just like a
traditional 30 minute sitcom,the fact that they were one of
(45:55):
those the first shows in Americato be doing the like big themes
and like, oh, we're going to doan episode where we're a video
game, we're stop motion, we'redoing musicals, we're paintball,
we're Dungeons and dragonsepisode, like they were so ahead
of so ahead of the curve ontheir, their concepts, um yeah,
(46:19):
and as like theme party peopleand like people who love to
dress up and have, uh likecostume parties and things.
Oh God, that's been one of myfavorite aspects as well, just
the themes and how they fit intothose motifs throughout the
series.
Lindsey Strickland (46:37):
In like 30 minutes.
Yeah, 30 minutes.
I also love any of thepaintball episodes and any of
the lava, Like any type offantasy.
Troy and Abed center chose.
Those are my favorite.
Mariquita Reese (46:50):
The blanket versus pillows fort.
Yes, oh my gosh.
Taylor D. Adams (46:53):
Yeah.
Mariquita Reese (46:55):
The way.
The Ken Burns episode.
The Ken Burns episode.
Taylor D. Adams (46:58):
That's a really good one.
Mariquita Reese (46:59):
I love that one Genius, yeah, genius.
Oh my God, I love that episode.
Clilp (47:03):
A healthcare administration student who
turned a storage room into asanctuary for soldiers with
broken glasses and lightlygrazed testicles.
A high school dropout andamateur photographer whose
borrowed camera would capturesome of the war's blurriest,
most poorly framed moments.
A disgraced former lawyer whosewords would inspire tens of
(47:25):
students to take up pillows andfight, most likely to avoid an
upcoming test.
Mariquita Reese (47:30):
Yeah, there's so many good ones, but I think
any time they're creatively outof the box a little bit more
that's something.
I'm always going to gravitateto.
So yeah, stop motion, 8-bit,all of those.
Lindsey Strickland (47:40):
So creative.
Taylor D. Adams (47:42):
Yeah, like playing with the format, just
like something you don't reallythink about that a half-hour
comedy can do.
It embraces the absurdity like.
One of my favorites is the LawOrder episode.
That just cracks me up everytime I found that backpack.
Hey idiot, guess what.
(48:02):
We don't care about thebackpack Dead yam, big deal,
order some ketchup.
That doesn't make sense.
You don't order ketchup.
Backpack Dead yam, big deal,order some ketchup.
That doesn't make sense.
You don't order ketchup, it's acondiment.
Clip (48:13):
Troy.
Hey, walk it off, Troy, walk itoff.
Sorry, my friend, he's a badcop.
Yeah, I'm a good cop.
Okay, you can trust me.
Taylor D. Adams (48:19):
Okay, well, hey , I'm not falling for that.
The fact that they were almostallowed to do that too like it
just really I think.
I think that's kind of coolwhen, uh, the styles, um, that
the the show takes on get almostlike a blessing from the people
that they're like, trying toeither uh mock or pay homage to
like it doesn't matter, it'sjust they're having a good time,
(48:41):
which I think is really cool.
Mariquita Reese (48:41):
Yeah, that's.
That's such a good point, and Ilove how the paintball episodes
basically led us to the mcu.
They did because the russobrothers directed those episodes
or wrote them or something.
They started out on community.
Taylor D. Adams (48:59):
Yeah and ended up doing all the fucking marvel
movies.
That's why the russo brothersgot uh, the avengers, because
they were so good with ensembles.
Lindsey Strickland (49:05):
Because of the paintball episodes they were
so good with ensembles.
Mariquita Reese (49:08):
I believe it.
The paintball episodes directlychanged film history.
That is community's influence.
Clip (49:15):
Don't even get me started, don't even get me started.
Mariquita Reese (49:17):
Yeah, oh, there's so much lore, so much
impact.
The fact that it's what?
15 plus years and we're stilltalking about it as if it just
aired.
Yeah, 15 plus years and we'restill talking about it as if it
just aired.
Yeah, that show.
I know that's when you startedwatching it, but I know it was
blowing up on netflix during thepandemic, um when, with good
reason.
Lindsey Strickland (49:36):
It's timeless yeah, I want to ask if
either of you have gotten toexperience like a community type
thing in life, like having agroup of people like that, oh
for sure.
Taylor D. Adams (49:49):
Yeah, I mean outside of, like I think,
general friendships that youdevelop in, uh, college.
Um, I have something similar tothat right now where we all
have different kinds ofpersonalities and stuff like
that, but nothing quite asescapist and outlandish as
(50:11):
Greendale, I would say.
Lindsey Strickland (50:15):
I just have to talk about this.
But at my old job it was likeme and a bunch of just really
silly coworkers and every singlelunch and we had our two breaks
, we would just sit in therearound the table, just like
community.
And when I left and I wasthinking about it and then I
realized that I had communityand I didn't even realize it.
(50:36):
But now we play DungeonsDragons and they all listen to
the podcast, which is awesome.
Taylor D. Adams (50:43):
That is so cool .
What a good support systemthat's beautiful.
Mariquita Reese (50:50):
I think we have community.
We have community at home.
It's called night school baryes, that is very true um,
that's my, that's my version,that's my most recent iteration
of the community experience,especially because we're all
like adults.
Pretty much everyone there is intheir like yeah 30s, yeah and
up, um, I'd say going to nightschool bar film classes and I've
(51:15):
made so many friends there, um,like I just yeah, I think
that's my version of that, likeall the kooky characters and all
our little side quests and thesilly videos we shoot yeah um,
we're all friends like outsideof that space now and do like
movie nights and things likethat.
Taylor D. Adams (51:34):
So, um, yeah, I think I have my, my new cast of
community characters yeah,isn't it so weird and rewarding
to make new friends as adults?
Mariquita Reese (51:45):
yeah, it's so strange it's.
Taylor D. Adams (51:47):
It's great, it's awesome.
Lindsey Strickland (51:48):
I didn't.
I was not good at makingfriends when I was younger and
I'm getting better at it as anadult.
So that's yeah, it's awesome.
Taylor D. Adams (51:55):
We're never done growing yeah.
On that note, Something haschanged within me and we're back
to that song man.
Thank you guys so much forcoming over and talking about
community.
I was so excited to talk aboutthis show and I'm very much.
I was not disappointed in ourchat.
Mariquita Reese (52:15):
So thank you guys, Thank you so much for
having us.
This is so much fun.
Taylor D. Adams (52:23):
Our presence and behavior affect those around
us and vice versa.
If we pretend to be, say, aSpanish tutor in order to get in
bed with a hot blonde, we endup deceiving several other
innocent people.
If we dress up in elegantladies' pantsuits in order to
protect classmates of ours, weare seen as worthy of true
(52:47):
friendship.
The communities throughout ourlives shape us as much as we
shape them, and I am incrediblygrateful for the communities
that I am a part of, includingthe one I share with Markita and
Lindsay, and I hope all of youcan find a community amongst
those you love.
So how do y'all find community?
Is it through TV and movies?
(53:08):
Is it through sports, food,whatever?
Let me know in the comments.
A huge thanks to Markita andLindsay for joining me today,
and a KFC space simulator size.
Thank you to you for joining us.
Please check out the Post FilmClarity podcast wherever you get
podcasts.
You can find links to the showin the show notes.
(53:29):
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patrons, santos, kelly and Jorge.
Thank you guys so much forbacking us on Patreon.
The cost of the show comes outof my own pocket and I do this
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So if you want to help supportme and the show grow, please
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You can check out moreinformation at patreoncom slash
(53:53):
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Our theme this season isbrought to us by J Mac, our
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