Today, we have fellow Broken River novelists David Simmons and Grant Wamack on the show to talk everything John Wick 4.
In this episode:
Waiting on Grant, Baltimore accents, Anthony Hopkins - y'all think he's a good actor? For real?, Bill Skarsgård's acting range, when your homies act out in odd ways, when snitching isn't snitching anymore, John Wick's speaking vs killing ratio, Colored People Time, top 3 cities in the world, the difficulty pitching John Wick to studios, Kelby gets details wrong, what the dog represents, good parenting routines, does John Wick 4 earn its 3-hour runtime?, getting our kids into Gorillaz, "Japanese" is a vibe, favorite kills, freestyle choreography, the brilliance of the German club scene, the humor of John Wick, incendiary shotgun shells, Simmons breaks the whole series down in 15 seconds, syncing soundtrack beats up with the fights, are these dance films or action movies?, the practical reason for implementing judo and jiu jitsu, Keanu's clip ejection technique, the nunchaku joke, John Wick as a fairy tale, parts worth rewinding, video game influence, YouTube as the new prestige cinema hub of inspiration, Harmony Korine's Hoff Twins, upcoming releases from Simmons (Ghosts of West Baltimore) and Grant (Melancholy's Finest) and what makes their stories slap so hard, alchemizing syntax with clarity for mainstream readers while maintaining style, and...
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