On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political side shows on the campaign trail.

Ted Cruz wrapping the bacon around the semi-automatic weapon to cook it.

I understand that trade is not a sexy issue.

Nobody knows where the Republican Party is going to land.

I mean, it's kind of like a country road. No one knows where it will end.

In many ways, Marco Rubio is the Michael Jordan of American politics.

I'm Warren Alney.

To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign.

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From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's the treatment.

Thank you. Santa Monica and KCRW.com. It's The Treatment. Welcome to The Treatment. I'm Elvis Mitchell. If you've seen the film's Anchorman or

Talladega Nights or any number of great funny or die things, you

have a sense maybe what Adam McKay can do as a writer-director. But I think for those people

who thought that he wasn't capable of doing something interesting and smart, didn't see the

closing credits of the other guys, which is the funniest, meanest take on the excesses of

the early part of the 21st century you will ever see.

His newest film as director and co-writer is the adaptation of The Big Short.

Adam, thanks so much for being here.

Thank you for having me.

My pleasure.

Let's talk a little bit about that closing credits of the other guys, which I show people.

It was funny.

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