Ep. 2 Blue Moon (Linklater for Snobs?)

Blue Moon, a 2025 film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott, follows Lorenz, or Larry Hart, on the night of his writing partner's greatest triumph. You've heard of "Rodgers and Hammerstein." Well, before Richard Rodgers changed musical theater in the 20th century with his infamous partner Oscar Hammerstein II, he actually had a prolific career writing 28 stage musicals and over 500 songs with lyricist Larry Hart. Blue Moon is a fictional account of what Larry might have been doing on the night that Oklahoma! opened on Broadway. With such a niche premise that needs historical context to even understand, today we ask: who was this for?Referenced:Blue Moon (2025)As of recording, streaming on NetflixPrimer from Ethan Hawk on Lorenz HartBefore TrilogyBlue Moon (1934 Song)Letters of Elizbeth Weiland: https://time.com/7325788/blue-moon-true-story-lorenz-hart/Richard Rodgers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_RodgersGeorge Roy Hill: https://boxd.it/15Ef Oscar Hammerstein II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_IIStephen SondheimCasablancaIngrid Bergman as Ilsa LundHumphrey Bogart as Rick BlaineThe Great Divorce by C.S. LewisOh, What a Beautiful Mornin’: https://youtu.be/O5APc0z49wg?si=x5aW7pf7uWs5XyKE Oklahoma!: E.B. White: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._WhiteRoshan Sethi: https://boxd.it/NwRhA Nice Indian Boy: https://boxd.it/GG6oWhat is a Snob? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnobGeorge M. Cohan “Over There”: https://open.spotify.com/track/6XHjtVlSB0X073M80nabrs?si=fe2aa04aa91f43b7Yankee Doodle Dandy: https://boxd.it/25LOFollow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whowasthisforpod?igsh=YWE0N3diaW1jbjRiLetterboxd: https://boxd.it/kWtTVOr email us at [email protected]