About this episode
The episode discusses the sixth entry of Donald E. Westlake's Parker series, The Jugger, and its film adaptation by Jean-Luc Godard.
The Pink Smoke is back on track, picking up with the sixth entry of Donald E. Westlake's Parker series. A true outlier, The Jugger doesn't feature an epic heist or a ragtag mix of reliable and backstabbing criminals. In this one Parker's all alone, dropped into a situation he's not sure about, forced to make decisions that will have giant ramifications on his life and the series moving forward. We also discuss Made in U.S.A., Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 adaptation of The Jugger which is technically the first Parker movie even though you really have to squint to find any tract of Westlake. For one thing...Parker is a woman. And it just gets more estranged from the source material from there.
People in this episode
Host: The Pink Smoke
Topics covered
- Parker series
- The Jugger
- film adaptation
- Jean-Luc Godard
- character analysis
Keywords
- Parker series
- The Jugger
- Donald E. Westlake
- Made in U.S.A.
- Jean-Luc Godard
- film adaptation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Jugger, Made in U.S.A.
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