We're moving our D.C. Onscreen series into the 1980s with a look at the romance of Joel Schumacher's sophomore feature, D.C. Cab!

Join in as we discuss our own D.C. cab experiences, 1980s D.C., the explosive popularity of Mr. T, a movie in search of a plot.

Plus: Who is the lead of the movie? Which characters can you actually root for? How did Universal botch the movie's marketing? And how do cabs work anyway?

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Next week: Protocol (1984)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "D.C. Cab Offers Wild Ride through Underside of City" (Washington Post)
• Roger Ebert's two-star review
• D.C. Cab in the AFI Catalog
• "The A-Team's Mr. T" (People)
• Remarks by Mayor Marion Barry at the Premiere of D.C. Cab
• “Damaged goods in the shop window: He's upset America's Hispanics and Koreans, and he's not exactly the toast of Los Angeles. Is Joel Schumacher sorry? Is he hell.” (The Independent)
• "Taking a Ride with D.C. Cab, a Movie that Captured a Bit of Washington" (Washington Post)
• "D.C. Cab is a Terrible Movie, but it's Our Terrible Movie" (Washington City Paper)
• "Kristi Noem's Bag, with Security Badge and $3,000, is Stolen" (New York Times)