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Aug 7th, 2023
3.01: Brown & Blue
Directed by Barnet Kellman
Written by Denise Moss & Sy Dukane
The gals are over the moon to have guest actor/writer/avid “pop culture consumer” Tarik Davis “(The Amber Ruffin Show, Bway’s Freestyle Love Supreme, Boom Chicago, The Second City, “Late Night With Seth Meyers”) to chat about comedy, censorship, journalism, and how Murphy’s takedown of an Andrew Dice Clay (played by Michael Chiklis) character is relevant to today, including the history of how we got here.
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Check out our Patreon for more of Lauren and Tarik’s “New Jersey Convo” and Jesi and Tarik’s chat about the book “Burn It Down.”
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*This was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Check out our interview with Writer Denise Moss for background on this episode.
SHOW NOTES
'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Lenny Bruce: The Real vs. The Fictional
by Lauren Milberger
(Lauren is currently working on a more in-depth piece on Lenny and censorship)
Burn It Down
Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
By Maureen Ryan
Nora Dunn Talks about Andrew Dice Clay:
1991 & 2015
Michael Chiklis discusses being on an episode of Murphy Brown - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG.
Wired (1989) Trailer
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