Ep 144 - The Last of the Wine, by Mary Renault

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Mary Renault's The Last of the Wine depicts Ancient Greece as truthfully as possible. It is historical fiction filled with war, political intrigue, pederasty and explicit homosexual love - the likes of which were rather scandalous when she published it in the 1950s.

Her book also spawned an episode complete with discussions of Mr(s). Doubtfire, Alexander the Fine, unread text messages, and mummy libraries.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Yeah, I don't have an investment in it.
0:43.2	Because I didn't really have a joke in it.
0:44.8	It was just me telling you what happened in the movie in 1994, Mara Wilson vehicle, Matilda.
0:53.6	I loved her in 1996.
0:57.2	I'm sorry, I was 1996.
0:59.9	She was clutched and Mrs. Doubtfire.
1:01.9	Hello!
1:02.9	She didn't say that line, but she was funny.
1:05.9	That would have missed outfire.
1:07.9	Mr. Doubtfire.
1:08.9	Well, you can see why I'd be confused.
1:11.9	That's a very confusing film.
1:13.9	Did you know that that's Robin Williams in heavy makeup that whole time?
1:19.7	He's Mrs. Doubtfire.
1:20.7	Well, I did fall asleep as soon as I saw Harvey Firestein, so yeah, I did not know that.
1:26.0	I missed that part of the movie.
1:30.0	What a weird movie.
1:33.0	It's a weird time to be alive.
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