Perverse Permission

God of Gamblers with Will Sloan

For this next episode in our Wong Jing series, writer and critic Will Sloan joins John and Samm to talk about Jing’s God of Gamblers trilogy: God of Gamblers (1989), star

Episode 9: The Wong Jing Experience, Part 6

In this Thanksgiving episode, John and Samm are running the gauntlet through three of Wong Jing’s gambling and crime films from the late ’80s: Born to Gamble (1987), yet

Episode 8: The Wong Jing Experience, Part 5

John and Samm are running the gauntlet of some of Wong Jing’s late ’80s comedy series, so you don’t have to! This episode, we’re discussing The Romancing Star trilogy (19

Episode 7: The Wong Jing Halloween Special

For this special, spooky episode of our Wong Jing series, John and Samm explore the horror comedies Wong Jing made in the late 1980s as a director, writer, and actor. We

Episode 6: Rollin Loud

For Halloween season, John and Samm are taking a break from Hong Kong to visit the autumnal cemeteries and crumbling castles of France. We discuss the career of French fa

The Wong Jing Experience, Part 3

Our Wong Jing series continues with a discussion of the last films he made for Shaw Brothers as a director, a blend of comedy, action, and fantasy. This includes: Wits of

The Wong Jing Experience, Part 2

We’re back for part two of our Wong Jing series, this time exploring the early romantic comedies Jing directed… so you don’t have to. Our discussion begins with Hong Kong

The Wong Jing Experience, Part 1

Samm and John are about to embark on a long series covering the first few decades of the career of a Hong Kong legend: Wong Jing. Producer, director, writer, actor, and p

All Up in These Guts, Part 2

Perverse Permission is back with the second part of Samm and John’s discussion of Japanese pink films and the Angel Guts seres, based on Takashi Ishii’s manga of the same

Episode 1: All Up in these Guts, Part 1

For the inaugural episode of Perverse Permission, Samm and John are diving right into the deep end of Japanese pink films. This is the first of a two-part episode explori