Ep 531 - Fences, by August Wilson

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

August Wilson wrote a whole bunch of plays, all of which contain dialogue and take place at certain points in history. He's most notable for his Pittsburgh aka Century Cycle, so we decided to talk about one of the standouts: Fences.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.2	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.5	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.3	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:42.2	Andrew, how are your fences?
0:52.2	That's what fences do, huh?
0:54.6	But they're not bumming you out.
0:57.2	See, okay.
0:58.2	So here's what I don't understand, right?
1:00.8	Is the phrase mending fences is supposed to be like getting along.
1:05.0	But if you were fixing your fences, you would be trying to keep somebody out.
1:09.7	You'd be trying to separate yourself from somebody.
1:13.1	Yeah, I have a memory.
1:15.1	Welcome to Overdoot.
1:16.1	It's a podcast about the books you've been meeting to read.
1:17.3	My name is Andrew.
1:18.3	My name is Andrew.
1:20.3	And I have a memory in middle school of reading the poem about good fences, making good
1:26.4	neighbors.
1:28.9	And I believe that's an ironic poem.
1:31.9	It could be wrong because my primary...
1:35.8	They're all ironic to me.
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