Miranda July’s Uncomfortable Comedies, and a Toast to Roger Angell
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
4.2 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm David Remnick. |
| 0:12.1 | Some years back, The Onion, the satirical website, ran a piece about Miranda July under the headline, |
| 0:19.2 | Miranda July called before Congress to explain exactly what her |
| 0:24.1 | whole thing is. Miranda July's whole thing is a lot of things. She's a writer, a performance artist, |
| 0:29.3 | a filmmaker, me and you and everyone we know, her first big movie remains a cult favorite. |
| 0:36.2 | July played a performance artist trying to catch a break, a role that seemed like it might |
| 0:41.1 | have been autobiographical. |
| 0:43.5 | That's a limited access floor. |
| 0:45.5 | You need a swipe card. |
| 0:46.9 | Oh, I'll just get off on two then. |
| 0:51.1 | You want the offices? |
| 0:53.6 | Actually, are you Nancy Harrington? |
| 0:56.0 | Yes. |
| 0:57.0 | Okay, because I wanted to show you my art. |
| 1:00.0 | I brought this tape I thought we could watch. |
| 1:02.0 | Okay, why don't you send it to this address? |
| 1:06.0 | But that's here. |
| 1:08.0 | Can I just hand it to you? |
| 1:10.0 | You'll get lost. |
| 1:11.8 | It's better if you send it. |
| 1:14.2 | But I'm so close. |
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