About this episode
This episode features an absurd satire of the film Taxi Driver, exploring themes of obsession and delusion through the lens of an unqualified Uber driver.
In this episode, Fake Cop returns in an absurd satire of the 1976 film Taxi Driver. Working nights as a deeply unqualified Uber driver in Newmarket, Ontario, Fake Cop descends into obsession as he battles unleashed dogs, a collapsing Uber rating, local politics, hockey players, and his own increasingly questionable grip on reality. A tale of loneliness, delusion, civic responsibility, room-temperature water, shoe polish abuse, and a night at the movies that goes terribly wrong, Taxi Dri...
People in this episode
Host: Sick Man Talking
Topics covered
- satire
- loneliness
- delusion
- Uber
- hockey
- civic responsibility
Keywords
- Taxi Driver
- Uber driver
- satire
- loneliness
- Newmarket
- hockey
- civic responsibility
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Taxi Driver
Places: Newmarket, Ontario
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