After riding the waves in SoCal in the last episode, Sean and Cody set out to navigate the swamps of the South and deconstruct the putrefying secrets that molder in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River. In this 1991 thriller by Martin Scorsese, a remake of a 1962 film noir, convicted rapist Max Cady (Robert DeNiro) has a burr up his bum about the crap job that his former lawyer Sam (Nick Nolte) did of defending him decades before. After stalking Sam and his family, poisoning their pooch and babbling metaphysical nonsense to their rebellious teenage daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis), Max follows the clan to their hideout on the Cape Fear River, setting up a showdown that tests the limits of cinematic credulity and practical special effects. Environmental issues discussed include slavery-era agriculture and its legacies, the interactions of birds and humans, the post-World War II “New South” and more.
Why did scaring birds away become an economic necessity in antebellum North Carolina, and why were they still trying it nearly a century later? What’s a “whirligig”? Who was Edward Kalmbach and why was he trying to blow stuff up? What is the Law of Negligent Compounding Peril? How did Juliette Lewis get into Scientology? Did Robert DeNiro really ruin his teeth on purpose to play this role? How do you know a Mafia law firm when you encounter one? Why do the characters quote the wrong legal statutes to one another? Didn’t anyone check with a real lawyer first? What’s the stupidest argument made by climate change deniers? Which of our hosts never wants to see this film again? All these questions and more come bubbling to the surface. Come out, come out, wherever you are for this terrifying episode of Green Screen.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault.
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