S1 E41 : "Jarhead" (#41) - with Scott Nye!
Description
Our wonderful and erudite pal Scott Nye returns (first appearing on our Mr. & Mrs. Smith episode) for a movie that deserves much more thoughtful analysis, JARHEAD! We delve into the difficulty of selling a movie whose chief appeal is that it's unpleasant and nothing happens in it other than a lot of furious masturbation, the tangled web of Sam Mendes' cultural reputation, the iconographical ubiquity of "Jesus Walks" and the delirious, craven futility of making belated, ooh-rah terrorist-killing cash-in sequels to a work so disenfranchised with the military and its culture.
This was a really awesome conversation with a lovely and smart friend about a movie seemingly everyone remembers but nooobody has gone back and checked on, basically a perfect choice for our project. Check it out!
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Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/ )
Convenient Parking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH68Atht7MM
Convenient Parking 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZ1-NQvHG4
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