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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: BILLY WILDER: Some Like It Hot (1959)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of drag, impersonating women, misogyny, harassment.
We’re continuing the Billy Wilder series this week with what might be the greatest comedy of all time. It’s regarded as such by most American critics, and it’s hard to argue the point. Because this isn’t a simple comedy about two men in drag, nor is it a mere farce. Billy, with his new collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, have concocted characters with rich inner lives and feelings, and construct a story th...