What If Someone Went Bar-to-Bar Promoting Euthanasia? - Director Interview w/ Andrew Shemin

About this episode

Andrew Shemin discusses his film that satirizes the promotion of euthanasia in a neighborhood bar setting.

What would happen if euthanasia had a marketing department? In Breakfast of Champions, director Andrew Shemin imagines a darkly satirical world where a cheerful sales representative walks into a neighborhood bar with an unusual proposal: partner with her company to promote assisted death to elderly patrons. What follows is a tense and unsettling conversation that explores dignity, persuasion, and the quiet pressures shaping end-of-life decisions today. In this interview, Andrew Shemin explains the inspiration behind the film, how satire can reveal uncomfortable truths, and why stories like this matter right now. Watch now on Zeale: https://zeale.co/video/breakfast-of-champions

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Shemin

Topics covered

• euthanasia
• satire
• end-of-life decisions
• persuasion
• dignity

Keywords

• euthanasia
• satire
• end-of-life
• persuasion
• dignity
• Andrew Shemin
• Breakfast of Champions

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Books & works: Breakfast of Champions

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