79-Adam: Director of Wait, Wait Don’t Kill Me, Subtitle Writer, Substitute Teacher, Atheist Since the Age of 5, Former Film Critic, Master Multi-Tasker

Adam shares stories about seeing Chris Rock in a video store back in 2003 dealing with a “Karen”, budgets being held against independent movies, getting his dog for this 30th b-day gift, growing up Jewish and turning Atheist (3:08), trying to shoot his next film dealing with the political system, metoo, and accusations during COVID, rewriting subtitles for movies and only being 50% of the way there for translating the true meaning of foreign films, the origin of common phrases that shouldn’t be used any longer, white guilt/fragility (52:21), being a substitute teacher in a rough place, living in New York during 9-11 and his desire to make a movie involving that experience  (1:42:45), distribution of independent films, bad deals film makers take for distribution, raising money and fiscal sponsorship,  horror comedies and Perdue Farmer (2:16:12), “Best 1st for Last” (3:02:18) 1st time going to Cuba in 97 where his eyes were opened to people without choices or individuals making debasing choices with their lives.

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