Candy Jail

7. Indiana Jones and the Denial of Death


Listen Later

You may not be able to be neutral on a moving train, but you can certainly punch Nazis on one. 

Why don’t franchises know when to die? Why, in spite of our trenchant trash talk, do we keep watching these movies? Is America’s unique denial of death expressing itself through these films? Also, Nazi punching. 

Also mentioned: Steven Spielberg, Siegfried Kracauer, James Bond, Black Panther, Norman Rockwell

Note: High Priest would've been a more accurate term than Rabbi. 


...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Candy JailBy Candy Jail