Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Six Degrees of Star Wars
Ep. 56: The Blues Brothers
Hey, kids, want to see what kind of movie gets made when the entire cast and crew has access to a lot of schedule II narcotics, some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, and a script that was originally the size of the yellow pages? You're in luck, because this puppy (slaps the Bluesmobile) has it al!
The subject of this episode is a movie from the 1980s that is rated R for depictions of sex, violence, profanity, smoking, and drug use, much of which also went into the process of making the movie. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort.
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