Listen "DAC Episode 303: The Random Canon #31 - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)"
Episode Synopsis
one live dog and one dead lion in a movie that valorizes dead lionhood.
For a certain demographic (Gen X and elder millennial men, I suppose), Master and Commander is a source of great pleasure. Maybe it’s the camaraderie between British tars (soaring souls, free as mountain birds etc.), the careful replication of shipboard conditions, the tense naval battles, or the joke about the lesser of two weevils (the best scene in the film by a nautical mile).Or maybe they enjoy the way Russell Crowe squatted down over this movie and smeared his titanic ego over every frame. Don’t like it? Toe the line, nerd, we’re fighting the French. Listen below or spot us in dense fog with the podscope of your choice.
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