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On this week’s Richard Crouse Show we meet Douglas Stuart. His first novel, “Shuggie Bain,” won a shelfful of major awards, including the Booker Prize, in 2020. It told the story of an alcoholic single mother and her children living in a Glasgow tenement in the 1990s. His new novel, “Young Mungo” centers on a romance between two teenage boys – one Protestant, one Catholic. It is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. In this interview we talk about growing up in Glasgow, how writing became his second career and why he named his main character after the patron saint of Glasgow.

Then, we’ll meet Tegan and Sara, the Grammy and Academy Award nominated, identical twin sisters behind the earworm “Everything is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie” and many ither hits. But we’re not talking about music today. We’re here to chat about their latest project, a new television pm Amazon Prime show based on their memoir High School.

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Colin Hanks talks about ‘High School’ By Richard Crouse Metro Canada June 7, 2012

High_School_Colin_HanksIn conversation Colin Hanks is an affable guy. He laughs easily, sounding a great deal like his famous father Tom. It’s a good thing he’s has a sociable disposition because he’s been spending a great deal of time lately doing something he doesn’t always enjoy—chatting to the press.

“You get asked the same things over and over again,” he says. “That’s the nature of the press junket. I’ve had some great press junkets that have been a piece of cake and I’ve had some that have been torturous. Like watching paint dry off of the inside of my eyelids. But, it’s part of the gig.”

He cites the example of being asked about his favorite color. “I don’t think about my favorite color. It’s just my favorite color. Now, talk about it for five minutes. I can’t!”

“I’m incredibly lucky to get to do what I do and this is another part of the job, which I don’t think a lot of people understand. They think that this is the fun part and it’s not. The fun part for me is the make believe.”

He is happy, however, to chat about his new movie.

High School is a stoner comedy about a MIT-bound student who smokes a joint a day before mandatory drug tests and a zero tolerance policy for weed are announced in his school. To avoid being expelled he concocts a plan to get everyone in his school high, figuring that if everyone fails the drug test no one will be expelled.

Hanks is Brandon, the school’s assistant principal, who “likes the kids, but hates his boss,” played by Michael Chiklis. “I don’t think it is any mistake that Brandon is able to put two and two together and find out what this familiar sensation is that he’s feeling and realize that the entire school is stoned.”

It’s an outrageous comedy, but Hanks chose to underplay his character. “It’s more fun that way,” he says. “I always like that kind of comedy. I like the big broader type guy and then you cut to the guy who is a little more subdued who is smirking and can’t believe the stuff he’s hearing. I always like that so I took a team player approach. I knew eventually you were going to see my character go off, and go nuts, and he has that moment, so why not work to that moment?”