Badlands Story Hour Ep. 179: Wake Up Dead Man

Chris Paul and Burning Bright close out the Knives Out trilogy with the newest entry, and Burning Bright makes his case for why this one hits harder than the first two. Expect a genuinely thoughtful breakdown of Rian Johnson as a filmmaker, from Looper to the divisive Last Jedi fallout, and how that history colors the way they watch his work now. The conversation digs into the movie's heavy religious imagery, its take on justice versus vengeance, and a sharp aside about purity tests and groupthink that ties straight back to some very current events in truther circles. There's also a fun tangent on why certain political sides tend to make better movies. Stick around for the sponsor reads, a few subscriber shoutouts, and next week's pick, a 90s political comedy neither host has actually seen before.