PREVIEW - #362 - Hands Across America
Michael and Us
English - September 03, 2022 03:46 - 2 minutes - 6.08 MB - ★★★★★ - 552 ratingsTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: #361 - In Old Brazil (w/ Violet Lucca)
Next Episode: #363 - Pull the Strings! (w/ Valerie Faye)
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In the mid-'90s, a car dealership in Texas offered contestants a chance to win a free truck if they could perform one feat of physical and mental agility: keep one hand on the truck for longer than anyone else. The documentary HANDS ON A HARDBODY (1997) captures the contest in all its agony. We're joined by John Semley to discuss what - if anything - this highly evocative document has to say about America.