Play It as It Lays Podcast Episodes

Written by Joan Didion , David Thomson

3 Episodes - 231 pages - ★★★★ - 21.9K ratings

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“Play It As It Lays” by Joan Didion – Episode 43

The Book Album - June 03, 2019 22:27 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
My fifth Joan Didion book of the year and an ad lib discussion of the book's main themes.
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Double Feature: Female Anxiety, Tinseltown Edition (Play It As It Lays & Ingrid Goes West)

Notes From the Back Row - December 21, 2018 12:41 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
You can dress it up in stars and glamour but at some point you’ll realize the sunny dream of Los Angeles is really just made of plaster and plyboard like the rest of it. Play It As It Lays and Ingrid Goes West both feature protagonists who figure that out a little too late.
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Paleo-Cinema Podcast 184 - Play It As It Lays- The Killing

Paleo-Cinema Podcast - April 05, 2016 06:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
This time around it's Frank Perry's 1972 look at the downside of Hollywood, Play It As It Lays starring Tuesday Weld and Tony Perkins then we go to 1956 for an early Stanley Kubrick film noir, The Killing, starring Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor. Support The Podcast Via Patreon
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