Adam McKay on ‘Vice,’ Power, Comedy, and Criticism | Interview (Ep. 114)

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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‘Vice’ writer-director Adam McKay joins the show to talk about his relationship to the politics of Dick Cheney, learning to take criticism from his days in comedy, and whether ‘The Big Short’ and ‘Vice’ are a better indication of his future than ‘Step Brothers’ and ‘Anchorman.’ Host: Sean Fennessey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy New Year and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Liz Kelly.
0:05.2	The NFL playoffs are officially here and that means tons of coverage up on the site.
0:09.5	Robert Mays is writing about Philip Rivers' legacy.
0:12.2	Danny Kelly discusses Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense, and Danny Hyphids gives us
0:16.4	his wild card weekend viewing guide.
0:19.1	On the pop culture side, we have a live Golden Globe's wind spool featuring Sean Fennese,
0:23.3	Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Micah Peters and Kate Hallowell.
0:26.8	You can check that out on YouTube.
0:30.4	I kept saying during when we were doing it, like no Republican should be mad about this.
0:36.7	They succeeded.
0:38.0	Like, this is a win what they did.
0:40.2	Like, if it was what I believed in winning, I'd be like, hey, great.
0:44.6	So, but I think, you know, some of these forces hate the fact that we're calling it out
0:49.0	and mentioning it.
0:49.8	They rely on people not knowing this.
0:51.9	I'm Sean Fennese, editor and chief of the ringer, and this is the big picture a conversation show
1:01.6	with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.
1:04.1	And boy do I have an interesting one today.
1:06.0	It's Adam McKay.
1:06.8	He's the writer and director of Vice, which, you know, some of you have seen in some of you have
1:10.7	not yet seen.
1:11.3	I would highly recommend it if you've been listening to the Oscar show you've heard
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