Ep 1 - West Side Story

In their 1st full podcast, Raquel and Raphael get all Jets v. Sharks talking about 1961's WEST SIDE STORY. It's a classic, but is it too cheesy now? How does HAMILTON come into the conversation? And what was it like putting on an integrated version of WEST SIDE STORY in a small Catholic high school, just outside of St. Louis in the late '60s? The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.