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Jun 2024
1h 12m

Sweet Smell of Success (w/ Sean Fennesse...

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson | Realm
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This week, Amy welcomes Sean Fennessey (Head of Content, The Ringer & The Big Picture Podcast) to discuss the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success starring Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster. The two discuss the power of J.J. Hunsecker's journalism and the "ick" of the Sidney Falco PR machine in the film and how it parallels modern-day anxiety in today's entertainme ... Show More
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