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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: OSCARS '82: The World According to Garp
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of losing a parent, death of a child, grief, suicide, mental illness, transgender representation, transphobia, death.
Robin Williams’ breakout film performance wasn’t Popeye, and it wasn’t Good Morning, Vietnam. It was this small, oddball tragicomedy that landed just around the time Mork from Ork waved goodbye to TV audiences. It’s a strange movie, because the very literary novel it’s based off of feels like it’s fighting itself as a movie script constantly. But the acting is just magical...