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Podcast: Movies Worth Seeing
Episode: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China
Description: Send a textA truck driver who can’t stop asking questions, a friend who does the real fighting, and a sorcerer who waited 2,000 years for green eyes—there’s a reason Big Trouble in Little China refuses to fade. We dive straight into why this cult classic still sparks debate: the self-aware camp, the electric synths, the rain-soaked neon, and the audacity of casting a swaggering, lovable bumbler as your poster hero.We break down Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton as a brilliant misdirect—loud, lost, but weirdly brave—while Wang carries the narrative weight and t...