About this episode

The episode discusses Ben Affleck's film 'The Town', exploring its themes of crime and character decisions.

Boston Bad Guys Month kicks off with Ben Affleck’s sophomore directing effort, the gritty crime thriller, The Town. We'll dive into this blue-collar bank-robbing drama set in Charlestown, a neighborhood the movie insists produces more professional criminals per square mile than anywhere else on Earth, and ask an important question:are the criminals masterminds, or just very (over) confident guys making (really) stupid decisions? Along the way we discuss the scene-stealing chaos agent (Jeremy ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Wackoe, CE Garcia, Gabe "The Calilobo"

Topics covered

• crime thriller
• bank robbery
• Boston
• film analysis
• character study

Keywords

• The Town
• Ben Affleck
• crime thriller
• bank robbery
• Charlestown
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Town

Places: Charlestown

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