Episode 17: The Mule (2017)

We finish off our triptych of latter-year Clint Eastwood films with THE MULE about an old man who gets mixed up with the Cartel, but in a cool old man way. Discussion also includes:

• Prano Bailey-Bond's 2021 film CENSOR;

• Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Josie Riesman;

• The documentary TAKE CARE OF MAYA; and

• Again we discuss which of Clint Eastwood's children he dislikes the most (still Scott).

SOURCES & LINKS:

• The Cartels Do Not Exist by Oswoldo Zavala - https://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826504661/drug-cartels-do-not-exist/

• Interview with Oswoldo Zavala - https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/oswaldo-zavala-interview-mexico-cartels/

• Frequently cites 1999 UNESCO report “Drug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment” by sociologist Luis Astorgo: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117644