The Ladykillers with Connor Ratliff
September 21, 202502:43:23

The Ladykillers with Connor Ratliff

We must have waffles forthwith! We must also have Connor Ratliff on the pod to talk about Tom Hanks for the first time since the completion of his Dead Eyes series! Join us for a spirited discussion about 2004’s The Ladykillers, a film that is universally regarded as the Coens’ worst, and is also the film that ended Hanks’ legendary decade-long boffo box office streak. We’re getting into defining the parameters of the world of “Weird Hanks.” We’re getting into the…uh…uncomfortable racial depictions that mar this movie. We’re getting to the “Root of the Matter,” and we’re getting Connor to softlaunch an incredible new term - “Mooseporting.”

Listen to Dead Eyes: https://open.spotify.com/show/5dEsgMhmVy7wK8TSUrVnsQ
Listen to the Audiobook for The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Making-of-Another-Major-Motion-Picture-Masterpiece-Audiobook/B0BFBYQVQM?ipRedirectOverride=true&overrideBaseCountry=true&bp_o=true&language=en_US&source_code=GPAPP30DTRIAL5480813240005&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20983884474&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8p7GBhCjARIsAEhghZ2cvlbtKrXA6cZggGzTh2nZelgfkHktKptCdQ5pLN70NyQ9I0l9wpsaAvNsEALw_wcB
Watch the second David S. Pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsUmiB30Q8A
Listen to Connor talk to Bobby Moynihan about David S. Pumpkins: https://headgum.com/dead-eyes/04-any-questions
Read the David S. Pumpkins Oral History: https://www.vulture.com/article/david-s-pumpkins-saturday-night-live-tom-hanks-creation-oral-history.html
Check out Does the Dog Die: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

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