Peak Humanity: Why Darren Aronofsky's Heroes Don't Wear Capes
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
He is one of the most disturbing and unapologetic filmmakers in Hollywood, from creating "Requiem for a Dream" to choosing conquistador sci-fi over Batman. But director Darren Aronofsky's new movie — "Caught Stealing," starring Austin Butler as a former MLB prospect — is a departure. Toward optimism; nostalgia; and Cheez. (Because, as any real New Yorker knows, you get everything you want when you no longer want it that much.)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Pablo Torre, and this episode of Pablo Torre finds out is brought to you by Remy Martin 1738, Accord Royale. |
| 0:07.9 | Exceptionally smooth, cognac for all your game day festivities. Please drink responsibly, because today, |
| 0:14.6 | we're going to find out what this sound is. Get out of my f*** neighborhood. I'm like, this is my |
| 0:19.9 | fucking neighborhood. I am 99% sure i've |
| 0:23.0 | been here longer than you motherfri get on my street right after this ad |
| 0:30.7 | the 50 simply bet delicious here this is the 50th anniversary show when's 1970, so wow. So I got this during the pandemic. Oh, wow. No, so I put this. Do you understand what that means to be in that place? I'm not an idiot. So I've owned this shirt. I wear this shirt a lot. Oh my God. I'm not just doing this... I'm like thinking what I can trade for that shirt. |
| 0:55.2 | We might have a deal. |
| 0:56.0 | By the end of this episode, |
| 0:57.0 | we might have a transaction. |
| 0:57.7 | So like, |
| 0:58.8 | let me explain to you a roll- to me. |
| 0:59.3 | So should I put these on? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do it. So Roll and Roaster is, uh... Let's see. I don't know if I want to even hear my voice |
| 0:52.0 | But if you don't want to, we can take it one off |
| 0:53.3 | It's kind of sexy |
| 0:54.0 | No, I'm all right |
| 0:54.9 | You can wear them, I don't care |
| 0:56.6 | I'm fine |
| 0:57.0 | So I grew up like |
| 0:59.7 | Um voice. If you don't want to, we can take it one. It's kind of sexy. No, I'm all right. You can wear them. I don't care. That's fine. |
| 1:12.6 | So I grew up like a bird's eye shot, I guess they call it maybe half a mile from there. |
| 1:20.3 | The original Roll Roaster and Sheeps A Bay. |
| 1:22.2 | We're not so fast. Rollin' Roaster. We're not so fast. Rollin roaster, we're taking the time, making everything just right. |
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