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Earth Break is a science fiction podcast produced by Skylark Media and starring Jenny Slate.
Background
[edit]The show is a science fiction podcast produced by Skylark Media.[1][2] Jenny Slate stars as Lynn Gellert, who is the only survivor of an alien invasion.[3][4][5] Gellert is also pregnant.[6] The podcast debuted at the 2019 Tribeca Festival.[7][8][9]
Reception
[edit]Jade Matias Bell wrote in The A.V. Club that Slate adds "charm and flow to a sometimes cliché script."[10] Steve Greene praised Slate's acting in IndieWire saying that she pulled off "a magnetic central performance".[11] Nick Douglas made a similar comment in LifeHacker saying that Slate's performance was the "best acting in an audio drama, some of the best acting in anything at all".[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Greene, Steve (June 5, 2019). "'Earth Break': Jenny Slate Gave One of the Best Podcast Performances Over a Reality-Bending Week: Director Aaron Katz Explains How Five Days of Recording and Careful Crafting Resulted in One of the Most Lived-in Audio Dramas You'll Hear". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Greene, Steve (December 16, 2019). "The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2019: Featuring Some of the Best Offerings From Radiotopia, Earwolf, Gimlet, and the World of Independent Series, These Are the Year's Stories to Remember". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Frank, Allegra (May 20, 2019). "Jenny Slate on How Her New Sci-Fi Podcast Lets Her Be More Than a Funny Voice: In Earth Break, Jenny Slate Pushes Against Type to Become an Alien-Killing Action Hero". Vox. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Derschowitz, Jessica (May 7, 2019). "Jenny Slate on Finding Hope in the Apocalypse for Her New Podcast Earth Break: The Actress Stars as the Only Woman Left Alive After an Alien Invasion". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Lett, Phoebe (September 13, 2019). "Your Favorite Stars, Now Playing in Your Ears: IN Fiction Podcasts, Screen and Stage Actors Get to Play Parts Hollywood is Too Risk-Averse to Offer, With the Added Perk of No Need to Sit for Makeup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Ross, Harling (May 14, 2019). "Jenny Slate is Packing Silk and Jerky for the Apocalypse". Repeller. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Announces New Podcast Section for 20th Anniversary Edition". Tribeca Festival. Tribeca Enterprises. November 19, 2020. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (November 19, 2020). "Tribeca Film Festival Adds Juried Podcast Category for 20th Edition Next Summer". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Greene, Steve (June 14, 2019). "Eight Things to Watch This Weekend: From 'Paris is Burning' to Netflix's 'Rolling Thunder Revue'—The Eight Essential Movies, Shows, and Podcasts Indiewire Recommends You Watch and Listen to This Weekend, From Sienna Miller to "Los espookys."". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Bell, Jade Matias (May 13, 2019). "Jenny Slate is a Powerhouse in Earth Break as She Navigates a Postapocalyptic World". The A.V. Club. G/O Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Greene, Steve (October 23, 2019). "The Best Podcast Episodes of 2019 (So Far): More Amazing Months of Stories Prove That There's Always More to Discover in the Podcast World". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Douglas, Nick (September 9, 2019). "You're Missing Out on the Best Kind of Podcast". Lifehacker. G/O Media. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.