Fran Lebowitz

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Fran Lebowitz has lived in New York City pretty much her entire life. Her written work often provided American social commentary through her unique lens as a New Yorker. While her work is now iconic, it's been decades since she last published written works. These days she makes a living talking. She talks about politics, about New York and how it's changed. Fran also, kind of personifies New York City. Which makes her the perfect subject of the new Netflix docuseries Pretend It's a City. In the seven part series, Martin Scorsese chats with Fran about a number of topics including her relationship with New York – Manhattan in particular. Fran joins guest host Julie Klausner to discuss the new TV series about her. They cover a lot of ground including Fran's thoughts on: the Camp exhibit at the Met, outdoor dining, Dr. Fauci and more!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jessie Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:20.3	It's Bullseye, I'm Jessie Thorn.
0:22.4	Friend Libba Whits is one of the most charming talkers on earth.
0:28.0	She also, as much as anyone can, personifies New York City, or at least a very specific
0:36.8	idea of New York City.
0:39.5	She speaks plainly, she doesn't beat around the bush, she walks with purpose, she hates
0:44.6	being slowed down by tourists on the sidewalk, she wears pretty much the same thing all the
0:49.8	time.
0:50.8	Jeans, a white button up dress shirt, a custom made sport coat and a pair of tortoise
0:55.8	shell glasses.
0:57.8	Friend has lived in or around New York City, pretty much her entire life, in the city almost
1:04.2	all of her adulthood.
1:06.0	She's ostensibly a writer, though she hasn't published anything for over 20 years, and
1:11.3	even that thing she published 20 years ago was a children's picture book.
1:15.6	Instead she makes her living talking about politics, about New York, about how it's
1:21.4	changed, about culture, and she is extraordinarily good at it.
1:26.2	That's why Martin Scorsese made her the subject of pretend it's a city.
1:30.8	It's a seven part series about Fran and her relationship with New York.
1:35.6	Anyway, we would take any opportunity to bring Fran Leibowitz back on Boles' eye.
1:41.7	This is a great one, and we have a really special person to interview Fran Leibowitz.
1:46.6	The great Julie Klausner.
1:48.2	Julie is the creator and star of the TV show Difficult People.
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