DEBATE: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Today we cover The Grapes of Wrath, which Kellen loved and Dave hated. ‘Cause we think the best art happens when the two creators have COMPLETELY different visions. (Remember in Star Wars how J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson just undid every creative decision the other one made, like two guys doing bad improv where they do NOT listen to each other at all? It was glorious.) Dave gives a good argument for why The Grapes of Wrath is boring, and Kellen just likes books about dirt I guess. (This descr...

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck had a groundbreaking premise. What if a road trip story didn't skip any part of the road trip?
0:10.3	I'm Kellard Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and luckily, not corn in Oklahoma 90 years ago.
0:22.6	And I'm David Vance.
0:24.1	My favorite review of this book says,
0:26.2	sure, there's a lot of symbolism and meaning behind it,
0:29.0	but the entertainment value of it is nothing.
0:32.1	The Grapes of Wrath is a classic novel
0:33.9	about the plight of migrant Oklahomaan farmers
0:36.1	during the Dust Bowl.
0:37.4	No one has ever read
0:38.2	it on purpose. Buckle up, Dave and I are going to disagree on this on. And this is the book pile.
0:45.9	I love how you came out of the gate with just like me, everyone hates this book. The key to a fight is to strike early.
0:57.3	Quick reminder to please rate and review the book pile,
1:00.0	because every review that comes in,
1:01.9	we think maybe this is the one that will make me happy.
1:07.7	MKK-91912D.
1:10.4	Did we get hacked?
1:11.5	For sure, they just put all of that down in hopes that I would read it verbatim.
1:18.2	It's either a made-up reviewer name or Elon Musk's baby.
1:23.6	That's a pretty good topical joke.
1:25.8	I've listened to every episode twice now. That's how entertaining these guys are. It's a great blend of humor and intellect. Keep up the good work. Also, the theme song is so good. Dave is certainly multi-talented. That's very nice of you.
1:40.1	But there's three exclamation mark, which I always read as sarcastic so are you now doubting my compliments
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