On this killer episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss John Cassavetes’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, starring Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey and Aziz Johari, from the long-forgotten year of 1976. Topics covered: the nature of Aristotelian tragedy; the ennui of being a mobster; American imperialism. Also, the guys chime in on the long-standing controversy that has plagued Britney Spears’s fandom for over a decade now: which, exactly, is the best Britney song of them all: Toxic or Email My Heart? Also, make sure to listen to the end for some topical humor regarding the Reagan administration. Topics not covered: the essential role of the phallus in Jacques Lacan’s famous interpretation of the Freudian unconscious as being structured “like a language.” As Lacan himself would say, très bien! Please don’t forget to subscribe and review wherever and whenever you can!         

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