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Lass is More with Josh Lasser

Focusing on the media, "Lass is More" sits down with the individuals who make the movies and shows that people are, or will be, talking about. The things we watch are not created in a vacuum, but rather as responses to far larger thoughts and issues. From why someone took a role to what it means to them to where they’re going next, we put the pieces of the puzzle together. The "Lass is More" podcast gets to the core of the issue, offering perspective on both the people involved in a project, and the project itself.
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Now displaying: December, 2022
Dec 20, 2022

For this final podcast of 2022, we are going to discuss "Amsterdam," at least a little, one last time.  That's because this last episode of the year is going to focus on two other comedies that do work -- "Ticket to Paradise," and "The Banshees of Inisherin."  What can we learn from them about why they succeed where that other film fails?  What if we decided that an answer was in the clothing... or at the very least is divulged by the clothing?

Dec 13, 2022

Last time we were on about how the pacing for Amsterdam is just awful, how it fails to allow the jokes to hit, how it has some sort of faux gravitas that makes it deadly dull.  You want an example of how to do it right with a film that also came out on 4K last week?  Look no further than Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction."  This week we discuss how it goes right and the one place where it makes a misstep that bothers Josh to this day.  Take a listen and enjoy!

Dec 6, 2022

It may have the best of intentions, but "Amsterdam" is a film which crumbles under its own weight.  It is a movie that offers the sense that it desperately wishes to be Important and in pushing for that added weight, that added meaning, that added depth, it undercuts everything that works about the film.  Oh, there are most certainly some great aspects to "Amdsterdam," chiefly the performances, but it simply cannot get out of its own way.

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