Episode 0033 - Florian

Normally I say that Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success, but Episode 33 of Feel Free to Deviate is a sort of rambling and lightly focused discussion of a film that many people consider inspirational for career, success, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness…
In this episode I speak with my friend Florian Schroiff about the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness - that’s happyness misspelled with a Y. The film stars Will and Jaden Smith and is directed by Gabriele Muccino.

This isn’t a full scale film review or an in depth discussion of the pros and cons of late-stage capitalism. I’m not equipped for that discussion. It’s more like a conversation starter. I think…
After a few searches I found scores of lists of inspirational success movies online, and The Pursuit of Happyness is on most of those lists, and it is #1 on many of them. Florian and I talk about the movie and its message, and how it could be viewed as a dystopian nightmare instead of a motivational masterwork.  

Topics include:

The Pursuit of HappynessYou can do anything if you try.Unrealistic goalsFilmmakingBone densitometersTime machinesKnock knock jokesStock brokersWill SmithCharismaSo much more!

If you want to know more about Florian’s thoughts and feelings about the films he watches, he’s Flo, that’s F-L-O on Letterboxd.
https://letterboxd.com/flo/

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