Ep 908: The Big Clock Is Ticking

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

Democrat, Government, Midterms, Progressive, Liberal, Resistance, News, Debate, Campaign, Indivisible, Election, Politics, Presidential, News Commentary

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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NOTE: The shocking news of Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Kristi Noem press conference simply for trying to ask questions as an elected official? We cover that in the news round-up. In this week's episode, we take a brief break from documenting Republican authoritarianism to explore the 1948 film noir masterpiece "The Big Clock," but quickly return to the fascist dumpster fire by introducing you to Bo Loudon, an 18-year-old MAGA influencer ...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website, proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
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0:20.9	This is the podcast for the week of June 13th, 2025.
0:24.9	It's not safe for work.
0:26.9	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:29.3	where we are bracing for jack-booted maga thugs with badges to storm our state.
0:34.4	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:44.9	Music our state. It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Hey, Blue Gal.
0:45.9	Hey, Drift Glass. This week, we did take a short break from documenting the Republican
0:50.6	assault on American democracy to watch the underappreciated
0:55.2	1948 film noir classic The Big Clock, directed by John Farrow, starring Ray Maland,
1:04.2	Charles Lawton, George McCready, Marino Sullivan, Elsa Lancaster, and a cast of elite character actors.
1:12.5	It has a very tight plot, escalating tension, classic black and white cinematography,
1:18.1	and the last half of the movie appears to have been very liberally borrowed or maybe we should say stolen by that 1987 Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young film No Way Out.
1:31.4	Yeah. That jumps right at you immediately. If you've seen both of them, like, wait a minute.
1:37.2	This looks really familiar. And the opening, right from the opening, the film is amazing.
1:42.5	You get this wide shot of a city skyline at night.
1:45.9	Very important.
1:46.6	Everything's dark.
1:47.9	Most of the buildings are darkened.
1:49.2	But one of them is fully lit.
1:51.8	And on one of the upper floors, another office light is suddenly goes on, suddenly pops on.
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