Ep: 107 Opening Night

Episode 107: Opening night. Most people say without hesitation that Meryl Streep is the greatest actress alive. Don't get us wrong, Meryl is dynamite... but Gena Rowlands is a nuclear bomb eviscerating the screen every time our eyes and ears are fortunate enough to be in the same room as her. Her power was best channeled thru her meatiest rolls working along side her husband and possibly the rawest, realist mother fucker you'll ever see on film: John Cassavetes. Opening Night is smack dab in the middle of Gena's best rolls (A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria). Both John and Gena never received an Oscar for their work which is reason 4,080 why the Oscars are bullshit. Opening Night is a masterpiece. Gena and John are electric. If that doesn't get you firing it up on HBO Max we have two more words for you: Ben Gazzara.