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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: OSCARS '82: MY Favorite Year
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of alcoholism, shame, abandonment.
This film is both incredibly highly regarded and somehow lost to time, because neither of us knew a single thing about this movie other than some Oscar trivia. But what was originally a Mel Brooks tale of his wild days at Your Show of Shows transforms into a tight, funny, and remarkably poignant movie about the perils of fame and the hard work of redemption. All in a 90 minute farce. It might not be the most memorable...