The West Wing Weekly   /     A Face In The Crowd

Summary

Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance. Some goodies that came up in our conversation: The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers" This essay about the film on the Criterion website Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!

Subtitle
Duration
51:45
Publishing date
2024-11-12 20:00
Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_52_e0067883-3ac0-4eb5-a855-59be65d96709&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fwestwingweekly
Contributors
  Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway
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Enclosures
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/_/52/e0067883-3ac0-4eb5-a855-59be65d96709/TWWWPFF_-_A_FACE_IN_THE_CROWD.mp3
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Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance.

Some goodies that came up in our conversation:

What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!