{"podcast":{"title":"Morally Offensive","slug":"morally-offensive-7096551","podcast_index_feed_id":7096551,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/morallyoffensive/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19598152/1000003763_g4d3ud.jpg","author":"Morally Offensive","episode_count":52,"summary":"Morally Offensive is a weekly film podcast about the movies the Catholic Church tried to warn you about. We revisit films labeled “condemned” by the Legion of Decency and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, unpacking the outrage, the censorship, and the cultural shifts behind them. Whether you grew up with Catholic guilt or just love controversial cinema, this is where dirty movies meet film history.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:20:30.354906+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551"},"episode":{"title":"Ms. 45 (1981): The Patron Saint of Vengeance (Part 1)","slug":"ms-45-1981-the-patron-saint-of-vengeance-part-1","published_at":"2026-06-11T18:05:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/ms-45-1981-the-patron-saint-of-vengeance-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551","url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com/e/ms-45/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dmwh3hvz6rb9wmad/EP42_-_ms45_part1_mixdown62zty.mp3","summary":"Bill and Stephanie are joined by author and screenwriter Patrick Hanley to discuss Abel Ferrara’s cult classic Ms. 45 (1981), one of the most controversial, influential, and widely debated revenge films of the 1980s. The conversation explores the film’s place in New York exploitation cinema, Ferrara’s early career, and the unforgettable performance by Zoë Tamerlis Lund as Thana, a mute garment worker whose life is shattered by violence and her autonomy reclaimed through bloody revenge. Patrick, Bill, and Stephanie dig into what makes Ms. 45 so unsettling decades later: its refusal to offer easy catharsis, its grim portrait of urban alienation, and the way Ferrara blurs the line between exploitation filmmaking and social commentary. They also wrestle with the film’s competing readings as both a feminist statement and a provocative grindhouse revenge fantasy, examining why audiences continue to debate its intentions and legacy.","meta_description":"Bill and Stephanie are joined by author and screenwriter Patrick Hanley to discuss Abel Ferrara’s cult classic Ms. 45 (1981), one of the most controversia…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morally-offensive-7096551/episodes/ms-45-1981-the-patron-saint-of-vengeance-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/ms-45-1981-the-patron-saint-of-vengeance-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}