We get back into our old groove of recording right before bed. We talk movies. Specifically we talk about the horrible, senile sequel to the genius original Spinal Tap. Nobody asked for this film. Nobody wanted this film. And really, you can barely call it “a film.” It shouldn’t exist. Should never have been made. Evgenia discusses Christopher Guest’s pioneering approach to filmmaking and goes deep on his aristocratic background (he is a baron), discussing how his comedic interests are always about looking down: he satirizes the bumbling middle class while treating his own English aristocratic social strata seriously and respectfully.
PS: We also talk about dumb AI, influencers doing MMA cage fights, and more…
PPS: If you are in Oakland, LA, or NYC come out to Yasha’s Pistachio War screenings.
Want to know more? Read Evgenia’s essay about art and senility.
Sense and Senility
Yasha and I recently talked to Alexander Melamid, one of the few high priests of the art world who talks shit openly about it and got disenchanted with the cult of art long ago.
