About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'A Face In The Crowd' and its potential predictions about political figures like Trump.

Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance. Some goodies that came up in our conversation: The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers" This essay about the film on the Criterion website Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Malina, Hrishikesh Hirway

Topics covered

• film analysis
• political commentary
• media influence
• Andy Griffith
• cultural references

Keywords

• A Face In The Crowd
• Andy Griffith
• Trump prediction
• film analysis
• media influence

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Face In The Crowd, Perfect Strangers, Broadcast News, The West Wing

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