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Episode 417: Brentrance, or Brintrusion

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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather look forward with great anticipation to the coming of Independence Day: Resurgence, and move on to consider what cosmopolitan Britishness has meant in the popular culture, focusing mostly on James Bond and Action Man, and the disjunction between outsiders’ and insiders’ view of a national identity.

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    • Further Reading
    • Books on Acting: True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (David Mamet) and A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Bruder, Cohn, Olnek, Pollack, Previtio, and Zigler)
    • Bill Pullman
    • Action Man
    • Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle
    • “Let The River Run”

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