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00:00Get ready for a Game Changer!
00:02Tonight's guests, a turtleneck and distressed jeans,
00:06it's Carolyn Page!
00:08A colorful top and checkered pant, it's Katie Marovitch!
00:13And a long dress and platform boot, it's Lily Du!
00:20And your host, me!
00:22I've been here the whole time!
00:26This is Game Changer, the only game show
00:28where the game changes every show.
00:29I am your host, Sam Reich!
00:30I'm joined today by these three lovely contestants.
00:34Now, you all understand how the game works?
00:37Yes!
00:38That's right, because this is a game saver.
00:42A game so nice we had to play it twice,
00:44but this time with a little twist.
00:48Last time, players, I asked you to improvise cosplay,
00:51and what I got was off and on, very fashionable.
00:56So this time, we're going to lean harder into fashion,
01:00or looks, if you will,
01:04inspired by pop culture characters, nonetheless.
01:08Not so much cosplay as cake mosplay.
01:11Players, we've delivered to each of you a gift box full of stuff.
01:15You can go ahead and open those gift boxes in advance.
01:21You can take advantage of anything in this pile of stuff
01:24or anything in your own wardrobe.
01:27You will have one minute to create each of these looks.
01:31Is your stuff now in a place where you have good access to it?
01:34Yes.
01:34Yes.
01:35Yes.
01:36Great.
01:36The Addams family not only dress gothically,
01:39but also very formally.
01:41Makes me wonder what they would wear to relax on the weekends.
01:45With that in mind, rather than Wednesday Addams,
01:49show me Sunday Addams.
01:55And they are off.
01:58Carolyn going immediately for the bag of stuff.
02:02Lily leaving frame promptly.
02:05Katie leaving too.
02:06It could get a little lonely here.
02:10Carolyn appearing all of a sudden in some sort of blue feather boa.
02:15Lily going through the fridge now for what?
02:19Maybe a prop of some kind?
02:21No sign of Katie except a shadowy background element.
02:25Five, four, three, two, one.
02:33Katie at the last minute back.
02:38I will start with you.
02:39Tell me about your outfit.
02:41So I have a dress that is just Wednesday Addams dress that I couldn't find.
02:47I couldn't find it.
02:50So I used most of my time looking for that.
02:55And then at the last moment, I realized I need to have something.
02:59So I put on this because you were like Sunday.
03:04So I thought maybe this person goes to church.
03:08Then I have this long black silky coat.
03:12Yes.
03:14And it's black.
03:16So that's good.
03:17And then I had a hat and then in case, you know, just sunglasses.
03:25Katie feels a little bit like those Top Chef moments where they're like,
03:28well, my dish burned.
03:30So I need to come up really, really quickly.
03:33Katie looks like she's about to provide security detail.
03:37Katie is doing a little light Unabomber cosplay here.
03:43I'll give you casual man in black.
03:46Carolyn.
03:47On the weekend, I like to relax.
03:51So I wear a little bit of color, which is dark purple.
03:55And most of the time I have my hair down.
03:58So on the weekends, I like to put my hair up.
04:01And this is my favorite Sunday morning toy.
04:07I'll give you credit for that performance, Carolyn.
04:11The eye makeup.
04:11The eye makeup is great.
04:14The combination of the knife and red hair is also giving me a little bit of Chucky vibes.
04:19Yes.
04:21Lily, apologies for waking you.
04:23Stayed up too late last night.
04:26Now I'm going to sleep in on Sunday.
04:29And if you try and wake me up again, I'll scream.
04:35Lily, I admire the thought that went into the eye mask for sure.
04:40Yes.
04:40That strikes me as very on theme.
04:42Extremely sun.
04:43We are going to approach points a little differently this game than last time.
04:48Instead of awarding the point to one of you, I'm going to award them on a curve.
04:54Out of a possible three points.
04:56Let's do one for Katie and two for Carolyn and two for Lily.
05:01Okay.
05:01Honestly, I totally get it.
05:05The hat makes things so much worse.
05:08Ready for your next prompt, gang?
05:10Yes.
05:11I need a minute.
05:13TikTok has introduced me, at the very least, to the fashion aesthetic soft.
05:21As in soft boys and soft girls.
05:26Comfortable clothes, pastel tones, earth tones.
05:31Pair that soft aesthetic with a notoriously hard character in soft Laura Croft.
05:43And Carolyn quickly rising out of her seat.
05:46Lily taking a beat longer and then rushing to her wardrobe as if inspiration hit her.
05:52All of a sudden, Katie, nowhere to be seen.
05:55A shadow.
05:56God only knows whether she's rummaging through her closet again for something
06:01more specific that she will not find.
06:05Oh, and Lily is back wearing a top that would absolutely be described as soft.
06:12Are other players nowhere to be seen?
06:14They're going to have to arrive back soon.
06:18Katie rushing back in.
06:23Katie harkening back to her Polish roots with this character.
06:31Carolyn, this time I will start with you.
06:34Tell us about your outfit.
06:35I gotta say, I love what you've done with the cheeks.
06:37I'm Laura Soft.
06:39I'm a hunter of adventure and stuff.
06:43An heiress to fortune.
06:44I've got my soft purple armband.
06:47I've got my soft thing to keep my hair back for my adventure stuff.
06:52I've got this like bandolier, but it's pink.
06:55And this sword for doing adventure shit.
06:59Where's the sword actually from, Carolyn?
07:01It's impressive.
07:02This is from my sword rack that is in my living room.
07:05Carolyn, something I really appreciate are the red cheeks.
07:07Very true to the original Laura Croft on PC.
07:11With the pointy boobs.
07:13This is what her tits look like in the first game.
07:15It's true.
07:18Katie, tell me about this look.
07:21Yes.
07:22Excellent.
07:23So hello, everyone.
07:25I haven't seen any movies with her.
07:28I'm simply just not sure who she is.
07:34Sure.
07:36Video game character Katie also in quite a few movies as well.
07:43Excellent.
07:44So I looked at her and I thought, now there's a tough woman.
07:47She probably is a hunter.
07:50You know, she still has to do her job, even though she's soft.
07:53So I have a, you know, a knife.
07:55And then I figured she might want to be nice to people.
07:59So she brought chocolates.
08:03Chocolates are meant to balance out the knife.
08:05Yes.
08:06And then I have a cool jean jacket because I'm badass.
08:11And then just kind of like a cute, cute scarf type of thing.
08:16And the hat?
08:17My hat.
08:18My hat.
08:22No explanation.
08:24No explanation necessary.
08:25Lily, all sorts of stuff going right here, but talk us through it.
08:29Soft Lara Croft, Lara Soft.
08:31She's still a basic girl, though.
08:32She's pretty mainstream.
08:34We've got a little flowery Reformation crop top.
08:37Sure.
08:38Instead of a tough harness, we got a little pastel baby blue belt holding things in.
08:44Sure.
08:45We still got the shorts.
08:47She's wearing the boots that her boyfriend who takes all her TikTok video DIY videos.
08:53Wears and she's borrowing them for the day.
08:56And then also classically, I put this on just for you guys.
09:00Classically, soft pink hair.
09:02A little something I did for you all.
09:06Can I say that I really like the suspenders and the belt?
09:10She's got to get the shorts as high as possible.
09:13I get that.
09:14Great effort all around, gang.
09:16I'm going to say one point for Katie, two for Carolyn, three for Lily,
09:20who I do think accomplished the most fashionable and true-to-the-prompt look of these three.
09:28Oh, that's my dog.
09:30Can you guys hear my dog?
09:32Yeah.
09:33Maybe I'll wait until he...
09:37Alice in Wonderland's the Mad Hat has certain things in common with the hipster stereotype,
09:46a whimsical aesthetic, a love of tea, money, clearly coming from who knows where.
09:54Contemporize him for me with Manic Pixie Dream Hatter.
10:03Carolyn leaving immediately.
10:04Katie leaving immediately.
10:06Lily, once again, taking a moment to internalize this Mad Hatter image for bolting off frame.
10:12Katie, nowhere to be found, not even shadows in the background at this point.
10:17Where has Katie gone?
10:19Carolyn's chair giving us the word clutch.
10:23Her performances have been pretty clutch to date.
10:26She's found something she likes.
10:28Lily in the lead in this challenge so far.
10:31And our countdown in five, four, three, two, one.
10:39And where's Carolyn?
10:42Here she's back.
10:44Wow.
10:47Really sophisticated costumes across the board.
10:51I am seeing Tweed Garden Party left and right.
10:55Lily, we'll start with you.
10:57Take us through your Manic Pixie Dream Hatter.
11:01You know, I was just kind of lost in thought, reading some Charlotte Bronte,
11:06drinking some tea.
11:11Not even making it, just kind of putting the package in the cup and trying to take a sip.
11:15Kind of crazy, you know?
11:16Kind of manic.
11:17Kind of pixie.
11:18So we've got a blazer, obviously, some sort of frill.
11:22Vintage Japanese collar.
11:24These I bought at an estate sale from a dead woman.
11:27A little crazy, a little pixie, you know?
11:32Thank you for that context.
11:34Is that some sort of a beret on top?
11:36I can't quite see it.
11:37It's my top hat, but I'm cute.
11:40Carolyn, take me through this look.
11:43So when me and my girl Alice are out at Coachella, I've got to have my cute hat.
11:48I've got my suspenders.
11:49I went for a really soft, like, pink look, which is really in right now.
11:54I've got my, like, deconstructed bunny rabbit here.
11:57It's like a rainbow rabbit, because I think that just really reflects, like, me.
12:01And, like, I can be sad and, like, excited and, like, happy and, like, bummed all at
12:08the same time, you know?
12:10Great job with the color palette here overall.
12:12Pigtails as well?
12:14Pigtails, because I'm a manic pixie dream hatter.
12:20And Katie, take us through your look here as well.
12:27Sorry, I'm shy.
12:29So I have kind of, like, a blue sort of silky shirt that has very large shoulders, which is
12:41kind of crazy, kind of manic pixie.
12:45I have flowers, which I always have.
12:50I'm quirky, and I like flowers a lot.
12:54It's, like, a little bit weird.
12:56I'm not like other girls.
12:58I have my big glasses, which I put on just for this, because my eyes don't work well.
13:07And I have blush on, but you can't see it great, and they're pink lipstick.
13:14Did you touch up that fabulous wide-brimmed hat at all?
13:17Yes.
13:19I have lupus.
13:20And so I require a large hat, because the sun bothers me.
13:26That's not a lie.
13:28Wow.
13:29I mean, if lupus really were a qualifier here, you would meet it.
13:36Great work all around, guys.
13:38Really impressive round.
13:40I almost think you're all the same level, but I think that Carolyn slightly outdoes
13:45the competition, given the color scheme and the sort of quirky look ahead of the fashionableness
13:51of the look, in a way that really feels Manic Pixie Dream Girl to me.
13:55Two points for Katie and for Lily.
13:57Three points for Carolyn.
13:58Yeah!
14:00The scores added into our minigame are Katie with four, Lily with seven, and Carolyn with
14:06seven.
14:06It is neck and neck.
14:09For our minigame, each of these will be worth only a half point.
14:13Oh, come on.
14:14I couldn't subject you to this kind of challenge without doing some version of it myself.
14:21Chloe, Ash, and our art team put me in fabulous looks, about as high fashion as I can pull off.
14:30Ooh!
14:31Your challenge is to identify what character from pop culture these looks are based on.
14:37Ooh!
14:38Number one, players.
14:41Players, who is this supposed to be?
14:46That's Carolyn.
14:48That's obviously the Tin Man.
14:50Well done, Carolyn.
14:52A Tin Man on New Year's.
14:56Did you really wear this or is this photoshopped?
14:58No, this is me.
14:59That's cute.
15:01Players, who is this supposed to be?
15:05That's Carolyn again.
15:07Robin Hood.
15:08I don't think that's right.
15:10This is not Robin Hood.
15:12Katie.
15:13Peter Pan!
15:15It is Peter Pan.
15:17Well done, Katie.
15:20As a short man, I can say that I appreciate what Heels did for me.
15:24It's chic.
15:25You look well balanced.
15:26Yeah, your modeling poses are really good.
15:29Players, who is this supposed to be?
15:34Lily.
15:35Is it...
15:37Is it Garth?
15:38It is not Garth.
15:40A fair guess given the hair.
15:42Carolyn, you have it.
15:43It's clearly Joe Exotic.
15:46It is Joe Exotic, Carolyn!
15:50Players, who is this supposed to be?
15:54That was Katie.
15:56That is Buzz Lightyear.
15:58It is indeed.
15:59I love it.
16:00This raincoat slaps.
16:02Yes, can I have it?
16:03I assume links to all these books will be in the show notes.
16:08Players, who is this supposed to be?
16:15That's Katie first.
16:16Hi, it's that little thing from Inside Out.
16:22Good guess.
16:22It is not the happy lady from Inside Out.
16:25Next on my list is Lily.
16:27Although, Lily, from the look on your face, I'm guessing you don't know.
16:32I don't know.
16:33Pass.
16:34I pass.
16:35I'm so sorry.
16:36I'm pissed.
16:37Carolyn, do you have a guess for me?
16:39I think that it's a Minion.
16:42It is a Minion!
16:44Yeah, Carolyn!
16:46You're so good at this.
16:48I was at first going to guess a Teletubby because of the purse,
16:51but then I thought because of the color scheme and the big glasses and like the denim,
16:55it's a Minion, and I'm glad I was right.
16:57Carolyn's too good at this, and that's not fair to Katie and me.
17:01Sam, that's simply not fair.
17:03Come on, Sam, don't listen to these guys.
17:05They're trying to undercut so bad.
17:06I'm gonna eat this mic.
17:08Lily?
17:08Please don't.
17:09Players.
17:10What?
17:12Who is this supposed to be?
17:15Katie?
17:16All right, so this right here is...
17:19Oh, I know.
17:20I actually do know.
17:23Josie and the Pussycats?
17:29It's not Josie and the Pussycats.
17:30Next on the buzzer list is Lily.
17:33Garfield?
17:34It is Garfield.
17:35Lily, well done.
17:36Lasagna on the shirt.
17:40Players, who is this supposed to be?
17:45That was Lily first.
17:47This is the Sesame Street character that lives in the trash can.
17:54Oscar?
17:56This is Oscar the Grouch.
17:59Lily, well done.
18:02Yeah.
18:03Players, we are about to head into round two.
18:06The score is as we do.
18:08Katie with five, Lily with eight, Carolyn with eight and a half.
18:13Players, I think we can all agree that the character of Ursula in The Little Mermaid
18:20was something of a mean girl.
18:23What would Ursula look like in a high school remake of the Disney classic?
18:31Show me mean girl-sula and go.
18:37Carolyn with a glimmer in her eye as if she had ideas immediately where to go with this one.
18:44Lily off to her closet.
18:46I can only imagine.
18:48Katie taking a moment in her chair to consider her options before bolting off frame.
18:53And now no one once again to be seen.
18:56The challenge here is to somehow turn Ursula into something resembling a teenage comedy or drama.
19:0610, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4.
19:12Here comes Katie.
19:133, 2, and 1.
19:18Wow!
19:20Awesome job, everybody.
19:23Oh man, there's so much done back here.
19:26Carolyn, let's start with you.
19:28Okay, so I'm a senior this year and like I went into my hair white because like age is stupid.
19:36And I have my vape.
19:39I have my backpack.
19:41Oh wow.
19:42And like purple because it's my favorite color.
19:45And these glasses because I'm high from my vape for class.
19:50And also, Becky, I'm not coming to your birthday party.
19:54A little bit of eye makeup under the glasses, I want to say.
19:57Yeah, the white hair to boot.
20:00Impressive allegiance to the color scheme there.
20:03Lily, let's go to you next.
20:04Tell me about your look, please.
20:06Okay, this is a school skirt, but I rolled it up three times because I want to be hot in school.
20:13These look like tights, but actually they're stockings.
20:18This shirt is dark reddish purple, my fave.
20:23My eyeshadow is blue.
20:26And then this is like kind of off the shoulder lay look that I'm adding a little floral accent
20:32because I'm making it happen.
20:34And tomorrow, everyone in school is going to be doing the same thing.
20:37And then, you know, lunch is just one solid raw piece of salmon because I'm kind of on a raw diet
20:46right now.
20:46And poke is so passe.
20:49I get a solid rock hard block of fish flown straight from Iwo Jima on my daddy's plane.
21:00Wow, I hate this person.
21:04This person is impeccable.
21:06Katie, tell us about your look, please.
21:11Okay.
21:12Anyway, yeah, so my hair obviously is up in a big poof because that's like my signature style.
21:22I have a purple very expensive sweater on because purple is my favorite color.
21:28I also chose to go with a metallic pink lay.
21:33And then the real pièce de résistance is my cute little skirt.
21:42That's a mini skirt that it has sparkles on it.
21:45And then I also have my vape.
21:50Yay, vape buddies.
21:54The hairstyle is right on.
21:56I'm not gonna lie, gang.
21:57This is like really tough.
22:00I think you all kind of hit this one out of the park.
22:02I am going to say three points across the board for everyone.
22:07Captain Jack Sparrow sauntered into Pirates of the Caribbean like an entitled drunk.
22:17Turn Captain Jack Sparrow into something of a rich fuckboy with Hampton's Jack Sparrow.
22:26Everyone racing around all of a sudden.
22:29Lily darts off frame, Katie darts off frame.
22:32Katie's looks have improved dramatically over the course of the game.
22:36She's got her head in it now.
22:38Carolyn's still the one to beat, but only by a half point.
22:42Even one round from Lily in which she best Carolyn could award Lily gold.
22:49Hampton's Jack Sparrow is kind of clever, right, Captain Jack Sparrow?
22:52Hampton's Jack Sparrow?
22:53Five, four, three, two, and one.
23:03Amazing.
23:04Really sharp looks all around.
23:06Katie, let's talk through your look.
23:07Um, hi.
23:09Um, so I just kind of have like my normal vest on with like my white shirt and of course
23:18on with like my white shirt and of course like a very fancy, um, boa.
23:26It feels very like a polo, you know, very like, um, on horseback.
23:31Of course we're in the Hamptons and it's summertime, so it's pretty sunny out.
23:36So I have, um, just like a very expensive corduroy hat on and of course my thousand
23:43dollar sunglasses.
23:45Very nice.
23:47The blouse does feel pirates.
23:49The vest, I could say, does feel pirates.
23:52Carolyn, let's bring this over to you.
23:54Man, this look rocks.
23:56Uh, thank you.
23:58I've got my big fuck off watch.
24:01I got my one pirate earring.
24:03I got my eyeliner.
24:04I even got my little hair accessory coming out my little hat.
24:09I went for a little bit of color because in the Hamptons you want a pop.
24:14I got my sweater, my big chunky sweater.
24:16And then I've also got my sash, which I love, which is also a map of New Zealand.
24:21It's a pirate's map, if you will.
24:23And I got the DD because I'm a pirate.
24:26I like this like almost Liverpudlian answer to Jack Sparrow.
24:30Lily, take us through this look.
24:33We've obviously got polo shirt, popped collar, under a little cashmere sweater,
24:43a little warm, but a little chilly, as you know, it gets on the beach side in the Hamptons.
24:51I got some of my party sunglasses, got a little summer sun hat that I spruced up.
24:57You know these scarves are Tory Burch, Kate Spade, Jack Sparrow, Jack Spade, Jack Quaid,
25:05Dennis Quaid, whoever.
25:07I'm drunk.
25:08It's 9 a.m.
25:10I spruced up my midsection with these ringy scarves.
25:15You know, a little bit of my personality.
25:18I kind of just fell in this outfit.
25:20I am drinking the cheapest brandy.
25:24Yes, a notorious booze hound as Jack Sparrow was.
25:28Not rum, but nonetheless, not wrong.
25:31I do think as far as sheer layering is concerned and answering the propt of towing the line
25:37between Jack Sparrow and the summer Hamptons look, three points for Lily, two points for
25:44Carolyn and Katie.
25:45It always amazes me just how good you all are at this game.
25:51Here we go, gang.
25:52Sure that you're all familiar with the classic tale of Frankenstein.
25:56I'm not talking about Frankenstein.
25:58I'm talking about Bride of Frankenstein.
26:01I think we can all agree that Bride of Frankenstein is quite heteronormative.
26:06So with that in mind, show me Bride of Frankenstein.
26:11On your mark, get set and go.
26:15Desolate here as our players have gone to their respective wardrobes to try to figure
26:21out what a better answer is to Bride of Frankenstein.
26:25Interested to see what the players can come up with that's a little queerer than your
26:30traditional gothic horror.
26:33Lily won that last point, which means that as of now, she is a half a point ahead of
26:38Carolyn.
26:39Closing in on our 10 second countdown.
26:4210, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
26:53Wow.
26:53Katie, let's start with you.
26:56So this is kind of like a modern take on, of course, Frankenstein's monster.
27:04So I have kind of like the classic suit, but also like I'm going for like a pride theme.
27:12So obviously more colors of the rainbow, a sign that says peace.
27:17Um, and then I just have kind of like a beret and a boa, but also the pink tie because I'm
27:26very fancy.
27:27Love it.
27:27Lily, let's go over to you.
27:29Okay.
27:29This is Pride of Frankenstein Obergville.
27:34I don't know how to pronounce it.
27:36Versus Hodges.
27:37Just passed.
27:38It's Pride.
27:39We're in Greenwich Village.
27:41We're celebrating our rights to get married to whoever we want.
27:46So I am wearing this shirt that if I were straight could be, you know, gay baiting,
27:55but it's not in this case.
27:57And then these are, I believe, men's briefs because gender is a construct.
28:03I could wear any kind of underwear I want.
28:06I wrenched the nails out of my throat.
28:09I said, you don't make me.
28:10I put them on my shoes.
28:13And now I walk on them.
28:14These are nails on my shoes.
28:17That's the only recognition that I was once man-created as a bride.
28:23A beautiful coda to the Frankenstein story.
28:26Lily, thank you for that.
28:28Carolyn, take us through your look, please.
28:30Pride of Frankenstein.
28:32I'm ready to go out and celebrate every day.
28:35Bye, Pride.
28:36Gay Pride.
28:36Trans Pride.
28:37All of it.
28:38I've got my socks converted into pan formers.
28:43I've got my bolts, but pink.
28:47I did a little bit of a green look across the face as a nod to my undead origins.
28:54And then I've got my hair all dyed up.
28:57It's like shocking because I was electrocuted to life.
29:02Twist.
29:03As you can see, my body is stitched together.
29:06My corpse, my arms, and my head are stitched together with messy, crude stitching here.
29:14Wow.
29:15Gang, I do think at the end of the day, Carolyn's look was a touch more Frankenstein as well as Pride.
29:25And so I'm going to say three points for Carolyn, two for Lily, and...
29:35Sorry, Katie.
29:35I'm going to say one for you for not giving me a look that feels particularly Frankenstein-ish.
29:41I get it.
29:42But you do look cute, though.
29:44Which means, if I'm not mistaken, that Carolyn is the winner of this game for the second time.
29:55Carolyn, you get to pick something off of the prize menu.
30:00Oh!
30:02I would like to choose the Goldbelly credits and buy ice cream or some dessert for Katie and Lily,
30:09and we can all eat it together over soon.
30:12Yay!
30:13So sweet of you, Carolyn.
30:15Katie, you get to pick something off of the loser menu.
30:18Can I get a sincere compliment?
30:21You absolutely can, Katie.
30:24I need it.
30:25Katie, in a business and in an art form,
30:31where originality is super scarce,
30:35you have one of the most original personal brands I have ever come across in comedy.
30:42There is no denying what a Katie Marovitch piece is,
30:48and I think that makes you envy of a lot of creative types who are searching for their voice
30:54when yours is so unique and identifiable.
30:57Thank you very much.
30:59Lily, what's it going to be?
31:00Man, would be wrong to choose to insult Sam after we've been so kind.
31:06I would like a compliment as well.
31:10Part of the reason I think I've always felt so comfortable around you
31:14is that you are undeniably authentic.
31:18With Lily Du, you know what you're getting is her honesty,
31:24and that authenticity means I think that people feel comfortable in your presence
31:29because they feel like what they're seeing is what they're getting.
31:33Authenticity is a very rare gift, and I applaud you for it.
31:37Wow, I'm so glad I didn't choose to insult you.
31:40Thank you so much.
31:42That does it for us here at Game Changer.
31:46I'm Sam Reich, reminding you that fashion is everywhere.
31:50It's normally just like some variation on normcore.
31:53Good night!
31:54Bye!