Episode 242 - The Bachelor Party (with Pete Barlow)

About this episode

The episode discusses Carolyn Jones's performance in 'THE BACHELOR PARTY' and its themes of existentialism and loneliness.

This week, we're talking about Carolyn Jones's brief performance as an unnamed 'existentialist' partygoer whose alluring promise of the bohemian lifestyle is betrayed by her inner loneliness in Delbert Mann's THE BACHELOR PARTY!

People in this episode

Host: Gordon McNulty

Guest: Pete Barlow

Topics covered

• film analysis
• character study
• existentialism
• bohemian lifestyle
• loneliness
• acting performance

Keywords

• Carolyn Jones
• THE BACHELOR PARTY
• existentialism
• bohemian lifestyle
• Delbert Mann
• loneliness
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE BACHELOR PARTY

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