Michael and Us

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"But OK. You want to make my day, huh...?" At the 2012 Republican National Convention, America's most durable movie star confronted an invisible Barack Obama. We revisit the speech that made history.

This is some hot bonus content to make up for the fact we didn't post anything last week. NOTE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: A new full-length premium episode is coming this week.

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In our Halloween spooktacular, we look back at the Reagan/Bush era via the Bush/Cheney era via DONNIE DARKO (2001).

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Everything is political, folks -- even the writer/director/star of THE ROOM (2003). Luke and Will re-examine one of their shared passions by watching THE NEIGHBORS -- Mr. Wiseau's little-loved follow-up to his generation-defining "so-bad-it's-good" hit -- and consider the politics of cult cinema and vanity projects. PLUS: "cannabis" mania sweeps Canada!

"The Streaming Void" by Judy Berman - https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-streaming-void-berman

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In his 2013 documentary THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, legendary filmmaker Errol Morris tried to do to Donald Rumsfeld what he did to Robert McNamara in THE FOG OF WAR. Unfortunately, there's no penetrating this empty shell.

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The podcast returns to its roots. We saw the new Michael Moore movie.