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🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

F. Murray Abraham won the 1985 Best Actor Oscar for Amadeus. Now he co-stars in The White Lotus as Bert, a chauvinistic patriarch on vacation in Italy with his son and grandson. We talk about his career and life, and the lessons he learned along the way.

David Bianculli reviews Rian Johnson's new series Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne.

Author Jeff Guinn has written about cult leaders Charles Manson and Jim Jones. In the book, Waco, he draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians to revisit the 1993 confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

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0:00.0	From W-H-Y-Y in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend.
0:06.6	I'm Dave Davies and for Terry Gross.
0:09.2	Today we speak with veteran actor F. Murray Abraham.
0:12.4	He recently earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the hit HBO series The White
0:17.1	Lotus, which he says is the best job he's ever had.
0:20.7	It was just heaven.
0:22.8	When that show closed after four months in Sicily, I asked him if we could shoot the whole
0:27.7	thing all over again.
0:29.7	He wanted Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Amadeus.
0:34.6	Also we'll talk to Jeff Gwynn, author of the new book Waco.
0:37.9	The deadly assault on the Branch-Dividian religious sect near Waco, Texas took place 30 years
0:43.3	ago this spring.
0:45.1	Gwynns account of the confrontation draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving
0:49.5	Branch-Dividians.
0:51.4	And David B. and Cooley will review Ryan Johnson's new TV series poker face starring Natasha
0:56.2	Leone.
0:58.4	This is coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
1:03.4	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
1:04.9	I'm Dave Davies and for Terry Gross.
1:07.6	Our first guest is veteran actor F. Murray Abraham, best known recently for his role in the
1:12.4	second season of the hit HBO series The White Lotus, a performance that earned him a Golden
1:17.4	Globe nomination.
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