Welcome back at long last to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! This is the part where your hosts, Allison and John, slink back into your lives with their tails between their legs. We're sorry, Listenership! After a sudden hiatus, we're back to unpacking the movies of American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one episode at a time.

Since this episode is way too late, perhaps it's appropriate that we're talking about Too Late Blues (1961) and A Child is Waiting (1963). Join us as we dive into Cassavetes' early studio films, which are seriously way more interesting than most people think. Highlights of this episode include: even more doofy music, the revelatory nature of stage performance, anecdotes about Seymour Cassel hanging out with Judy Garland, ambiguous loserdom, that one time when John Cassavetes did or did not punch Stanley Kramer, codependency, silly toasts, gross cocktails, The Guttermen, and the awesome yet underappreciated performances by Val Avery and Marilyn Clark.

Thanks for hanging in there, Listenership. We're sorry for leaving you in the lurch, and we promise not to do it again. Up next: Minnie and Moskovitz, a love story for the ages!

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