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The Gist

No Rules for the Wicked

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, it's a Jon Favreau–flavored mash-up: Swing Wars. In the interview, the walls cave in, the props catch fire, the actors stammer and forget … and it's all part of the plan. Kevin McCollum, one of the producers of Broadway's longest-running play, tells Mike how The Play That Goes Wrong makes audiences laugh.  In the Spiel: By breaking them, at least the Trump administration is making us bone up on obscure but important rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.2

Thursday, March 8, 2018 from Slate, it's the just I'm Mike Pesca.

0:45.9

It was just announced that John Favreau will direct a new series based on Star Wars.

0:53.2

My first reaction might have been like yours. He's definitely going to Cast Tommy Vitor

0:57.9

as a both in spy. I can see love it as a jawa type. Yes, not that John Favreau. That was a podcasting

1:05.6

deep cut. I'm talking about the director John Favreau, the director of made and swingers and

1:11.5

Iron Man and Iron Man 2 and the executive director of the Avengers. So this does seem to add up to

1:17.0

quite a resume that would make him a natural fit for Star Wars. You know, a man who has made

1:22.7

film studios tons of money, helming pop culture hero tales, right? But not to everyone as Twitter

1:30.5

put it in announcing this as a moment, bask in the moment, John headline why people are upset about

1:36.3

John Favreau's new Star Wars series. You know, nothing about the series except that John Favreau's

1:41.2

doing it. I will read from some of their disappointment. This is the description. Well, if you

1:45.5

are doubting Favreau's abilities, a lot of people are disappointed that another straight white male

1:51.2

will oversee a Star Wars project. But when you get right down to it, wasn't swingers essentially

1:58.8

a Star Wars project, a fresh faced innocent, a rogish buccaneer, the beautiful princess or the

2:06.0

beautiful babies. I went back to check out the original Swinger's trailer and I was proven correct.

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