The Worst of All Possible Worlds

69 - Uncut Gems

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The lads grab their opals and dive deep into the Diamond District as they cover the Safdie Brothers’ masterful two-hour panic attack: Uncut Gems. Topics include the sublime pacing, the proliferation of American gambling, and the career-best performance from Mr. Deeds himself: Adam Sandler.
 
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Media Referenced in the Episode:
  • Uncut Gems available on Peacock / AppleTV / Amazon
  • ‎Chapo Trap House: 386 - Brother Magic feat. Josh and Benny Safdie (1/20/20).
  • “Good Time directors the Safdie brothers: ‘Robert Pattinson was just a guy chasing work’” by Hermione Hoby. The Guardian. November 16th, 2017.
  • “How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies Caeserized Campus Life” by Anna Betts, Andrew Little, Elizabeth Sander, Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly and Walt Bogdanich. NYTimes. November 23rd, 2022.
  • “How The Safdie Brothers & Scribe Ronald Bronstein Took A Decade To Carve Out ‘Uncut Gems’” by Anthony D’Allesandro. Deadline. December 7th, 2019.
  • “How the Sports Betting Industry Quietly Consumed America” by Wendover Productions, December 2022.
  • “Meet Wayne Diamond, the man who made Uncut Gems unfuggedable” by Trey Taylor, The Face, December 17th, 2019.
  • The PluggedIn Uncut Gems Review by Emily Clark. PluggedIn. January 3rd, 2020
  • “'This Is What Most People Go Through Here on the Block.' The Jewelers of the Diamond District on What's Real and What's Fiction in Uncut Gems” by Rachel E. Greenspan. TIME Magazine. January 8th, 2020.
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