About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of American masculinity through the lens of the film Pain & Gain.

On the latest episode of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, Bryan, Dan, and Preston do what every middle-aged movie podcaster eventually must do. They stare into the sun of American masculinity and discover that it is wearing a tank top from a Miami gym. Their subject is Pain & Gain, which is Michael Bay's delirious 2013 true-crime movie, featuring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and what appears to be every stand-up comedian who happened to be wandering through Florida at the time. The post Episode #164 – Pain and Gain (2013) first appeared on Boomstick Comics .

People in this episode

Host: Bryan Kluger

Topics covered

• American masculinity
• true-crime
• film analysis
• comedy
• cinema

Keywords

• Pain & Gain
• Michael Bay
• Mark Wahlberg
• Dwayne Johnson
• American masculinity
• film podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boomstick Comics, Michael Bay

Books & works: Pain & Gain

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