Meet Brodie Glaser

Brodie Glaser
(mid 40s, cis male)

  • Former child actor, now aspiring musician and "entrepreneur"

  • Delusional about his talents and importance in the entertainment industry

  • Creates a harem-like living situation with multiple women

  • Seeks constant validation and attention

  • Attempts to capitalize on social movements for personal gain

  • Childish and easily manipulated, but also manipulative in his own way

  • Struggles with the reality of his faded fame and relevance

Key References: Time & Place

The 1990s were notorious for being a stagnant horror period. But as Alexandra West writes in her book, “The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood Formula,” “horror went mainstream in the ’90s by speaking to the anxieties of American youth during one of the country’s most prosperous eras.” Horror and its influence could be found on magazine covers, fashion ads and CD soundtrack covers. West continues: “‘Girl power’ feminism and a growing distaste for consumerism defined an audience that both embraced and rejected the commercial appeal of these films.” Notable films of the time were Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Scream (1996), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Idle Hands (1999) and Cherry Falls (2000).

American comedy clip show that began airing on MTV in 2011, showcasing viral videos usually involving failed do-it-yourself attempts at stunts that are mocked and ridiculed by the hosts.

Key References: In the Script

Style icon and music legend Prince performed in an assless yellow jumpsuit at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in 1991, causing what the populace at that time called “a stir.”

A raucous year for the VMAs, Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille of the hair-metal band Poison got into a fist fight …

 …and Paul Reubens, the comic actor famous for his children’s TV-show character Pee-Wee Herman, made his first public appearance following his arrest for lewd conduct earlier in the year, which hade made him a popular punchline in late-night comedy. In costume as Pee-Wee Herman, he responded to a standing ovation by asking, "Heard any good jokes lately?"

Brodie’s not totally wrong. Rope is considered one of Hitchcock’s most experimental films. He allowed for each shot to run continuously for up to 10 minutes (the camera's film capacity) without interruption and scant editing.

In 1991, Drakkar Noir was the best-selling men’s prestige cologne in the world. According to The Semiotics of Advertising by Walter de Gruyter, the cologne’s marketing “focused on themes of masculinity, sensuality, decadence, darkness, and lust.”

Used to be a catalog on airplanes called SkyMall that sold a ton of weird, useless shit.

Very famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip, owned by Johnny Depp. River Phoenix died outside while John Frusciante, later of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, played on stage.

Hugely popular and gender-essentialist pop-psychology book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, which contended that men and women are essentially aliens to each other. 

“Hef” as in Hefner, Hugh. Founder of Playboy Magazine and patriarch of the Playboy Mansion, where he oversaw and controlled the lives of beautiful young women he called “Playboy bunnies.”

A hip-hop dance move.