1: Episode 1: Why IS Amy in the Bath?

It began, like so many stupid journeys, with a stupid question: Why does the actor Amy Adams do so many bathing scenes? From the beginning, we suspected a conspiracy — Is Amy, who has never won an Oscar, doing all these bathtub scenes because they offer the opportunity for the kind of dramatic acting that earns the biggest, goldenest prizes? 

So in 2021, two journalists — Brandon R. Reynolds and Gabby Lombardo — opened the tap on the secret history of bathtubs in cinema. We could not imagine what would come bubbling up.

In this episode, we begin reckoning with who Amy is — our personal history with her movies, yes, but also … how many bathtub and shower (and lake) scenes has she actually done? That data is just the first step in our investigation, and it will send us back to the very beginning of the movies. 

"Why Is Amy in the Bath?" is produced by Grab Bag Collab and Because It's True Productions.

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