We make up for being a day late by bringing you the most hotly anticipated episode of this entire project in Steven Spielberg's harrowing, gargantuan WAR OF THE WORLDS and offering up two of the most prestigious and amazing guests we've had so far, the brilliant and prominent critic Bilge Ebiri (Vulture/The New Yorker) and one of the smartest and funniest guys running these Twitter streets in Alex Watkins (@thamosdeaf)
We go DEEP for our second-longest episode so far, we discuss the perennial father/son fault line that runs through Spielberg's work, Cruise's disastrous public-relations tour that tainted the reputation of the film itself, the film's overwhelming evocation of 9/11 imagery, a kickass laser prog rock opera, the dangers of peanut allergies and the Tao of Michael Porter Jr.This was an incredible conversation and we had SO much fun, please check this out and tell everyone you know!
Note: My microphone was malfunctioning for the first about 40 minutes of the episode; it's not THAT bad but it's not my usual standard and if it bothers you, note that It Gets Better lol*
Brian's Twitter: https://x.com/SchmanthonyP
Brian's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social
Rob's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social
Rob's Substack: https://artofilliterates.substack.com/
Bilge's Twitter: https://x.com/BilgeEbiri
Bilge's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bilgeebiri.bsky.social
Bilge Ebiri on Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/author/bilge-ebiri/
Alex's Twitter: https://x.com/thamosdeaf
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