Scott Frank on 'Monsieur Spade' and Lessons Learned From Over 25 Years of Screenwriting

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Chris and Andy are joined by screenwriter Scott Frank to talk about making 'Monsieur Spade' and what pulled him toward that adaptation (1:00), how he shifted from being primarily a script doctor to running his own shows (21:39), and how he feels about the shifting ways in which people consume TV and movies (41:49). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Scott Frank Producers: Kaya McMullen and Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on with Kate Middleton?
0:02.0	Which colt is popping off right now?
0:04.0	What the hell is a trad wife?
0:06.0	And why are we so obsessed with them?
0:09.0	I'm Jody Walker.
0:10.0	And I'm Chelsea Stirk Jones.
0:12.0	And we're obsessed. And we're obsessed.
0:14.0	Obsessed with all the pop culture happenings,
0:16.0	filling our group chats and for you pages.
0:19.0	And we want to talk about them with you.
0:21.0	Our new show, We're obsessed is is for all the things we're loving, buying,
0:26.0	watching, listening to, and spiraling over right now. Follow the Ringer-Dish
0:30.6	speed on Spotify to listen to We're obsessed every Friday. I need sports to have to clear the room.
0:45.0	Stand up and walk now. Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:47.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:49.0	I am an editor at the Ringer.com
0:51.0	and joining me in the studio as always is Andy Greenwold, the reason why the special... the
0:53.8	and joining me in the studio as always is Andy Greenwold, the reason why the special
0:54.8	introduction is because we have a special episode today.
0:58.1	We don't actually get a chance to do this too often where we have an entire
1:02.4	episode dedicated to an interview but when we get a chance to talk to Scott Frank, we take it.
1:07.0	Yes, Scott Frank, one of our favorite guests, one of our favorite screenwriters.
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