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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Mark Duplass

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

NPR

Society & Culture

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2009

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Mark Duplass is an actor and filmmaker. He stars in the new FX comedy The League, and with his brother Jay has written, directed and starred in several acclaimed films, including The Puffy Chair and Baghead.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Luke from Durham, North Carolina.

0:03.5

I'm Russ from Bloomington, Indiana.

0:05.7

I'm Jenny from State College, Pennsylvania.

0:08.0

The Sound of Young America is an independent production

0:10.5

supported by listeners like me.

0:12.2

If you'd like to support the show like I did,

0:14.0

visit MaximumFund.org and click on Donate.

0:17.2

Donate. It would help a lot if I could talk.

0:19.4

Thanks a lot.

0:20.3

I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.

0:23.5

It's the Sound of Young America from MaximumFund.org

0:26.8

and PRI, public radio, international.

0:38.0

Before we talk to Mark Duplass, here's a clip that sets up the plot

0:41.0

from his film The Puffy Chair.

0:43.3

It's a comedy slash drama that he wrote with his brother Jay.

0:46.8

Mark plays Josh and he's paying a visit to his brother,

0:49.8

Rhett, while on a road trip with his girlfriend, Emily.

0:52.6

So I thought you were coming up here with the band.

0:55.7

The big news about the band is that the band is dead.

1:02.4

You split it up?

1:03.2

I split up the band.

1:05.5

What I'm doing now is like booking bands.

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