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Mark Slutsky

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Narrative Director @ Compulsion Games, movie director (You Can Live Forever), newsletter maker (Something Good, Barely a Book Club) www.markslutsky.com

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Something Good #118: A Pink Laser to the Brain "The winners aren’t always the strongest, the smartest or even the most popular."

I wrote a little something about Philip K. Dick, early Christianity and the incredibly named Funk, Hoover and the Jesus Seminar www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...

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Something Good #118: A Pink Laser to the Brain "The winners aren’t always the strongest, the smartest or even the most popular."

I wrote a little something about Philip K. Dick, early Christianity and the incredibly named Funk, Hoover and the Jesus Seminar www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...

04.03.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For sale: Peter Griffin stereo, never used.

18.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would hate to be a character in a TV show because if I were and I tried to get a snack from the machine it would get stuck

17.02.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly, we’re just happy people are finding it! We get a lot of messages from people who live in places where watching a story like ours legally would be impossible, if not dangerous.

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It’s really great to see how it’s gotten out into the world - largely through word-of-mouth and rampant online piracy (which we must confess we love)

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Thank you so much to you and Chris for that lovely conversation about our film!

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Are you liveblogging a cat

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A yellow-backed graphic shows a photo of a smiling man (Chris Stuckmann) on the left, next to some film images: a red-tinted cutout of a woman screaming and a still of two young women in hats and coats cozying up to each other outside. In the lower corner, a photo of a smiling woman (Jordan Crucchiola). Text on the graphic reads "Episode 207: Chris Stuckmann on 'Shelby Oaks' and 'You Can Live Forever.'"

A yellow-backed graphic shows a photo of a smiling man (Chris Stuckmann) on the left, next to some film images: a red-tinted cutout of a woman screaming and a still of two young women in hats and coats cozying up to each other outside. In the lower corner, a photo of a smiling woman (Jordan Crucchiola). Text on the graphic reads "Episode 207: Chris Stuckmann on 'Shelby Oaks' and 'You Can Live Forever.'"

Today we've got CHRIS STUCKMANN (writer/director of SHELBY OAKS and longtime YouTube movie guy) talking about one of the few on-screen representations of the Jehovah's Witness world he left behind: 2022's YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER. And it's a queer teen romance, you guys!

maximumfun.org/episodes/fee...

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Chris Stuckmann on 'Shelby Oaks' & 'You Can Live Forever' Podcast Episode Β· Feeling Seen Β· 01/29/2026 Β· 49m

Latest feeling seen is with filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, who brought a movie for discussion I’d never heard of: YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER, about a gay teen girl struggling in the Jehovah Witness community. We talk about living for movies and for yourself and it’s lovely! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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hell ya god I need to rewatch that soon!!

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Something Good #109: Gestures The hand is held flat, palm downward, and cuts sideways rhythmically against the waist at stomach level.

It was me. Incredible movie. Wrote about it here! www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...

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They do not make manuals like they used to. πŸ“· 🚬

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They do not make manuals like they used to. πŸ“· 🚬

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Ahem

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Ahem

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This is so romantic… I love the idea of bringing written correspondence back

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This is so romantic… I love the idea of bringing written correspondence back

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Honestly… in retrospect? You were right

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Why do these watch straps remind me of My Cousin Vinny

05.01.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

◻️ watch new thing (stranger things etc)
◻️ watch BBC tinker tailor soldier spy (1979) for the fifth or so time

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Why do these watch straps remind me of My Cousin Vinny

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The Read Max year in review 2025 Over 30 lists and 15,000 words from Read Max friends, foes, and family

I wrote about some video games from this year I don't regret playing and which you may not have heard of for @maxread.info's massive megalistβ€”this link will take you close but you'll still need to scroll down a bit: maxread.substack.com/p/the-read-m...

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The Read Max year in review 2025 Over 30 lists and 15,000 words from Read Max friends, foes, and family

I wrote about some video games from this year I don't regret playing and which you may not have heard of for @maxread.info's massive megalistβ€”this link will take you close but you'll still need to scroll down a bit: maxread.substack.com/p/the-read-m...

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Waiting for the dreidel to dry was always the worst part of Chanukah…

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Something Good #117: I Stepped Into a River Why do we re-read?

Why do I re-read, re-watch, re-live? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...

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Something Good #117: I Stepped Into a River Why do we re-read?

Why do I re-read, re-watch, re-live? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...

16.12.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I want to do a coffee table book about abandoned secondary concession stands in multi-storey cinemas

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