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S7E5: Menace To Society with Maria Semple (Patreon)

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2023-03-21 00:18:27
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Novelist Maria Semple and Bret Easton Ellis discuss witnessing John Malkovich's mastery of the stage together, writing scripts as a hired gun and Jonah Hill's recent documentary about a familiar subject as they continue their conversation from last week. Part 2 of 2. 

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Patrick

Been pacing away and waiting for this one. Let’s go! 😎

Alexander Quattlander

Man i was loving her until she blew the final question. But dig her taste in movies EO style. Also her response to Crawdads and EEAAO were absolutely correct...

ck kane

This was a total joy to listen to, this broad is so charming and funny! Loved hearing her’s and Bret’s opposing views on various things. This was so enjoyable!

OSOS

Another great episode with this guest. Will be sad there’s not another to look forward to from her. As another commenter said, appreciate and loved the respectful & funny ways they disagreed with each other on things.

richard owain roberts

am going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.

Jon A.

Great guest

Kerry

This was so great. The writers really are the best guests

Iain

Another great episode.

Joe Paluck

This was the best episode of the year so far. Listening to two old friends chop it up about the movie industry and youthful memories was a real treat. BEE still the best podcast around. 🖤

Thomas Matich

Enjoyed these two episodes with Maria. But not enough questions about 90210.

Ashley

What?! All this time thought Bret loved The Eagles…”eh, they’re ok.” 🤯

N.M. Janice.
>>104727864

Hahah. I thought the same thing. He has definitely spoken more fondly of them In the past. Sounded like he might have been curbing his enthusiasm based on her response.

Constantine

"Father figure" is a great song to be totally fair.

Gabriel Sanchez

I know this isn’t directly on point to this episode, but did anyone read the review of The Shards in the NYRB? Or has this been discussed elsewhere?

Collin Myers

have not seen it? i think you got to pay for nyrb articles, right??

Dave

Wonderful, engaging guest!

Gabriel Sanchez
>>104755164

Some stuff isn’t paywall’d. I think the review is strong, but then gets off the rails a bit with the attempts to psychoanalyze Ellis.

Tracy Stapleton-Lutkins
>>104753717

I did and it pissed me off because I felt like the writer couldn’t be objective about her review; she was obviously annoyed at BEE’s views on trauma and it showed.

Gabriel Sanchez
>>104753717

Right. But I think she was trying to make a larger analytical point that didn’t quite land, especially when working in the things Ellis wrote in White about American Gigalo.

bpvalentine
>>104727864

WHAT THE HELL?? haha. Hearing how fast Bret turned on those beautiful harmonies made me clutch my pearls. For shame, Mr. Ellis. For shame!

bpvalentine
>>104755164

After all of Bret's books, it seems a little redundant or beating a dead horse to attempt to analyze Bret. haha. I can't read those reviews because I get too impatient and I'll end up spending too much time writing my own review in response that I won't end up having anywhere to send it.

Collin Myers
>>104727864

i was bamboozled by that. thought the eagles were a brett staple. they're ok???!!!!!

Pp358
>>104727864

The question was borne out of Stephen Malkmus’ emphatic rants on their putrid stain onto society’s now-tainted fabric (a paraphrase). I saw the passion more for finding a person’s reaction to this unexpected Rorschach test than any kind of passion for the band. I think Adam is the Eagles geek?

Phoenix

Best episode of the season

Jorge Espinha

She gave the best answer to the Eagles question. She's obviously not a golfer! The dude likes her. Abide!

T

Smart female guests are the best! Very good episode!

Andrew Shaffer

Refreshing to hear an honest conversation about a film that bombed, from the author. She DGAF.

Leonard Appleman

Great episode. Listening to Where'd you go Bernadette on Audiobook-it's good.