On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (the Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) talked about the TikTok-ification of The Sopranos. Clever marketing, or grotesque desecration? Then they reviewed American Fiction, which is going wide this week after a relatively limited run. Does it effectively skewer its targets in the publishing-industrial complex? Or is it simply a satisfying comedy? Make sure to swing by Bulwark+ for our bonus episode on directorial debuts. And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend!
Soo funny in a morbid fashion
Never thought I’d hear Peter go Walt Kowalski on a subject but I have to agree with him. Turning a complex, well written and acted show like the Sopranos into easily digestible content for people with short or non existent attention span does both an injustice. If these potential viewers consider complete sentences and punctuation to be inconveniences I find it hard to believe that they would watch a whole episode, complete season much less the entire series from beginning to end. Kudos to Jodie Foster.
The class consciousness discussion is interesting. Was Wright's character supposed to be mad because only one form of black community was deemed worthy of publication and movie making or was he mad because that form of black community was embarrassing to him and his class? I ask also because I noticed his two siblings were near broke due to divorce (and maybe drug use by the brother). Is he afraid his family are becoming like that form he doesn't like?
Really hope American Fiction gets released near me. Loved the book it's based on.