Hello friends, it's Will Mennaker here coming at you with a bonus interview.

In this episode I had a chat with the playwright actor and essayist, Wallace Sean.

Wallace Sean, I'm sure you're familiar with many of the movies he's been in and a sort

of a cult character actor, but also you may also be familiar with him as a sort of a political

and social critic whose new collection of essays is now out in paperback from Hey Market

Book.

In this conversation I talked to Wallace about what it means to be a socialist in this

contemporary moment.

The limits of thinking art can change the world we live in.

And also what it means to be a privileged fancy lad from the Upper West Side who is the

son of a famous New Yorker editor.

There are many connections here between our two lives that come together threaded beautifully

for you in this interview.

So please enjoy my conversation with Wallace Sean.

In your essay, why I call myself a socialist.

The words socialism, capitalism, Marx, class, the economy, they never appear at all.

The implication is the conclusion is left to be assumed, but what does appear is you

use words like costume, fantasy, role, casting.

Could you talk about this idea about this sort of extended metaphor of how everyone plays

parts in this invisible play that they're casting leads one to these very specific political

conclusions?

Now it takes me a long time to write things and I'm smarter when I write them down, obviously.

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