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Episode 14: Adam McKay’s “Liberal Savior” Trilogy

Hal and Craig are flipping up the formula a bit for this one! Instead of looking at just one movie in this episode, we are looking at writer/director Adam McKay's informal "Liberal Savior" Trilogy: 2015's The Big Short, 2018's Vice, and 2021's Don't Look Up. Hal and Craig discuss McKay's evolution from slapstick absurdity to political satirist and ask two important questions: Do these films work? And who are they for? Discussions also include:

  • Do Hal's parents know what a "soy boy" is?

  • Some TV comedies we are digging, including The Righteous Gemstones and The Other Two;

  • Craig's new favorite right-wing YouTube grifter;

  • McKay's formative run of 2000s comedies (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers).

  • And Hal proves to have become an ace at our favorite game "Did Armond White Like This Movie?"

SOURCES & LINKS:

  • Petition to get safe abortion access on the ballot in Florida: https://flfree.link/petition

  • "Oh-So-Mature Trump Aides Want Him to Focus on DeSantis' Penis": https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-desantis-2024primary-personal-attacks-1234765006/

  • Rent Chop & Steele: https://www.amazon.com/Chop-Steele-Joe-Pickett/dp/B0BX2XC7Y7/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

  • MJF's Beautiful Flying Elbow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-2MriEqMXM

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