It’s our 100th episode! And what better way to celebrate than to look back at one of the great musical flops of all time, 1980’s Xanadu. Starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly and a guy from The Warriors, it’s the story of a Greek Muse sent to Earth on a mission to inspire. If she knew she was going to inspire him to make a swing dancing/roller disco fusion club, she’d have stayed on Mount Olympus.
One of the films that led to the foundation of the Golden Raspberry awards, Xanadu nevertheless has a devoted cult following, two members of which – previous co-hosts David and Jeff – are here to guide Xana-newbie Graham through this bewildering film. Is it bad? Good? So bad it’s good? Only the 100th edition of Pop Screen can solve the mystery!
Making content is not quite as lucrative as this film suggests, so if you want us to keep creating you can donate to our Patreon, where you’ll get a monthly bonus episode of this show, our film and TV miscellany Last Night…, From the Video Aisle’s retrospectives on cult franchises (currently going through the Cube sequels), Unseen Asia, reviews of Red Dwarf, The X-Files, and Doctor Who… it’s a lot, and you can keep up with what’s going on by following us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. it is still Twitter too, nobody’s ever going to call it X. Give it up, plastic-face.
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