Episode 1385 - Robert Siegel
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
English - November 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 27.1K ratingsComedy Arts Performing Arts health culture business dax shepard armchair expert interview entrepreneurship startups comedy productivity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Writer-director Robert Siegel wanted to explore a career in either comedy or journalism. It turns out he got to do both as Editor-in-Chief of The Onion. But while The Onion was mostly comedy tinged with tragedy, Robert tells Marc how he wanted to flip that dynamic once he started writing screenplays. They talk about how the stories he told in The Wrestler, Big Fan, The Founder, Pam and Tommy, and now Welcome to Chippendales all begin with a very specific type of great American tragic hero.
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