Michael and Us: Decision Points
Your hosts disagree sharply on Adam McKay's VICE (2018).
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Show Notes
Adam McKay's VICE (2018) sought to give Dick Cheney the full reckoning for his crimes through art that he will never receive in life. Is the film necessary cinematic intervention in the ongoing Cheney reclamation project, or a condescending failure? Your hosts disagree sharply on this cinematic polemic. PLUS: fiery hot takes on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
"'Damn right,' I said" by Eliot Weinberger - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v33/n01/eliot-weinberger/damn-right-i-said
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.