THIRST AID KIT | S4E01 | DAN LEVY, SMOKESHOW EXTRAORDINAIRE
WE MADE IT BACK FROM THE THIRST WILDERNESS!
Some quick housekeeping: we now live at Slate Podcasts, and we are settling in nicely, thank you for asking. We also have a new producer, Cher Vincent (hi!), and between the three of us we have A LOT planned. But let’s get into Dan Levy the smokeshow RIGHT NOW.
So, you may have noticed that we were away for nine months, thirst-buckets, and it turns out that’s the perfect length of time to gestate a precious thirst-baby… and we named it Dan! We have lots to talk about: his forever-coiffed hair, his intense eyebrows, his smirk that makes us want to share secrets with him…
What to love about Dan Levy, a brief list:
His excellent eyebrows, as inherited from his fine daddy, Eugene 👀
His superb sense of humor, as exhibited in Emmy-nominated comedy Schitt’s Creek, of which he is co-creator, showrunner and star (hello, competency kink!)
His kind eyes. It’s a thing; look it up, and seek it out IRL.
His commitment to telling stories that acknowledge the prejudice in the world and then actively choose to portray LGBTQIA lives in a way that does not centre that pain as the only tenet of identity. (that’s hot)
He fine. Like, look at him, FFS.
Some other stuff we discussed in a segment we like to call Hiatus Schmiatus:
The astonishing multi-strand hotness contained in Crazy Rich Asians
Our uncredited cameo in Avengers: Endgame. Also America’s Ass™:
The Hulk’s spectacles-and-sweater situation in Avengers: Endgame aka “Professor Daddy” (™ Nichole Perkins, 2019)
The moment Marcus (Randall Park) pushed Sasha (Ali Wong) against the wall in Always Be My Maybe and we felt the air whoosh out our collective lungs… *bites fist*
You can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE (more ways to listen are listed below).
SOME STUFF TO WATCH AND READ, IF YOU LIKE!
Dan explains why there’s no homophobia in Schitt’s Creek
A little bit about the radical queer vulnerability of the Schitt’s Creek characters
That time Dan explained pansexuality to Larry King. Sigh/LOL.
He told Stephen Colbert he loves giving his dad shit. Don’t we all, eh?
This GQ profile, and also this interview in Esquire.
This lovely interview with friend-of-TAK E. Alex Jung where they go clothes shopping.
These photos of him in Out. Bitch.
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Also: if you’re in the New York area, come thirst out loud with us at a Thirsty Movie Night! On Monday October 7 at the IFC Center, our Thirsty Movie will be is Point Break, starring one of our patron saints, Keanu Reeves, and one of our Sadly Dead Baes, Patrick Swayze. All tickets come with a free large soda, and Slate Plus subscribers get $5 off. More details here. Buy tickets here.
We’re so glad to be back. Thanks for sticking around. 💜🥤💦
