Jason Segel: ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere'

The Treatment

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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When the documentary/performance piece they institute caught the attention of Jason Segel, he decided to turn it into a shape shifting drama series about the need for community. The result, which he wrote and stars in, is ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’, and there’s no better time for it than now.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:05.0	Welcome to the treatment.
0:15.0	I'm Elvis Mitchell.
0:16.0	I'm sitting across from a man who we haven't heard from for a while.
0:19.0	Our old friend Jason Siegel, who's back on AMC with dispatches from elsewhere, which is his take
0:25.2	on a really interesting documentary called The Institute from, I guess, almost 10 years ago.
0:30.4	Yeah, that's right.
0:31.1	First of all, Jason, it's a thrill to have you back.
0:32.6	It's really nice to see you, man.
0:33.9	And again, what I was saying to you, this this is really the doc is a taking off point because
0:38.1	the kernel of what i feel like the doc is which is what the show is takes place in the last 10 minutes
0:43.8	the documentary including the one of the lines so mike says yeah we just thought at some point
0:47.9	might be the good idea to punish the players which is a kind of a recurrent thing in the show too isn't
0:53.4	it yeah well it's very challenging you know funny enough it reminds me a Which is a kind of a current thing in the show, too, isn't it? Yeah.
0:55.9	Well, it's very challenging.
1:04.8	You know, funny enough, it reminds me a lot of infinite jest by David Foster Wallace, which is a punishing book to read in a way.
1:06.2	We talked about it the last time you were here. Yes.
1:06.6	He's constantly challenging you.
1:08.6	And himself.
1:09.4	Yes.
1:09.9	How much do you want this? How much do you want this?
1:11.1	How much do I want this?
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