About this episode

Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss the impact of four million dollars on the anxiety of the disappearing middle class in the film A Simple Plan.

Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss how four million dollars exposes the rising anxiety of the disappearing middle class in Sam Raimi's bleak American crime tragedy A Simple Plan.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Groom, Michael Branson Smith

Topics covered

• middle class
• American crime
• anxiety
• film analysis
• A Simple Plan

Keywords

• middle class
• anxiety
• A Simple Plan
• Sam Raimi
• crime tragedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sam Raimi

Books & works: A Simple Plan

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