{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5bd718567438762130b4f175/5bf430cb4c7502616a0f4207?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Talking about Johnny Staccato (1959) and Too Late Blues (1961) ","description":"<p>Welcome to episode 2 of Oeuvre Busters! In the first part of the episode, George and Liam discuss the ridiculously awesome (at least according to George; Liam is a bit more agnostic) <em>Johnny Staccato</em>, a TV show Cassavetes starred in and occasionally directed from 1959-1960 in order to pay the bills. Listen to Liam ruin George’s <em>Blade Runner</em> “joke.” Listen to George clearly having a road-to-Damascus moment as he discusses his love for this terrible show. Liam and George then discuss 1961’s <em>Too Late Blues</em>, Cassavetes’s first studio film starring the immortal Bobby Darin. Topics covered: Greek-American stereotypes, baseball-playing musicians, and bar fights. Also, Rupert’s back!&nbsp;Topics not covered: the intense epistolary bromance between German philosophers Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin. Have a listen!</p>","author_name":"Liam Billingham, Shaun Seneviratne, George Fragopoulos"}