Rivka and Frank are joined by comedian, actress, writer, and director Melanie Vesey to discuss Terry Gilliam’s dystopian black comedy Brazil. The group digs into how the film portrays the merger of state and corporate power, how it offers up a TKTK of fantasy escapism, and what “building a new world” actually entails.

A rough transcript of the episode is available here.

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