Episode 5: How To Get Ahead In Advertising
Episode notes
Welcome to our first interlude episode! This week Samuel is talking about How To Get Ahead In Advertising, a 1989 film following an advertising executive who is slowly losing his mind. It satirizes the advertising industry, government propaganda, and good old capitalism. Plus it has a lot of connections with 1984 by George Orwell! Did Sydney like the movie? Does Samuel do a Richard Grant impression? Listen to find out!
Other works discussed this episode:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Anora (2024)
The House That Screamed (1969)
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