Episode #50: Dads pick on their recently kidnapped kids in an Akira Kurosawa classic and its re-lit Spike Lee joint.

Stop! If you haven’t seen Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest and/or Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, and don’t want your experience spoiled, do not listen!If, on the other hand, you enjoy spoliers and/or enjoy having me, Josh Bloom, do the spoiling, continue!If you would like to read this piece instead of listening to it, you can do exactly that at this link.+++Hello! It is me, Josh Bloom. I am a little late, because I am fighting a cold. When I say fighting a cold, I mean I am trying to keep it from becoming a full cold. You can hear it in my voice. That is the voice of cold fighting! As I explained in today’s social media post of “1461 Days of Ignoring the Trump Administration,” I fight colds by drinking tons of water. I drown them. This has worked for me. I don’t suggest, I only confess.Speaking of “1461 Days of Ignoring the Trump Administration,” I am not speaking of it today, because today’s episode of the Josh Bloom Podcast is the first edition of:“Josh Bloom’s ‘Right on Time’ Recaps” – The film review series that runs right when you’re ready to read!That is the catchy name I came up with for film reviews that I write and publish much later than you would normally see a film review written and published because how many of us see a film the weekend it comes out anymore anyway?Yes, I have found a way to justify my unconventional schedule. I hope you will justify an unconventional reading and/or listening experience.As I have explained over the previous few weeks of the Josh Bloom Podcast, this first edition of “Josh Bloom’s ‘Right on Time’ Recaps” started out as a review of the new Spike Lee movie Highest 2 Lowest, but quickly became an analysis of that film and the film which inspired it: Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low. I took notes about both films and started writing, and then kept writing, and writing, and eventually arrived at nine thousand words, which is almost 25% of the length of my book that is coming out on Dec. 9.I will have more news about that, and everything else that I love to update you about on the following episode of the show, which will be the usual installment of “1461 Days of Ignoring the Trump Administration.” For now, get ready to dig it to an hour-plus long reading of my piece on Spike Lee and Akira Kurosawa titled:“Dads pick on their recently kidnapped kids in an Akira Kurosawa classic and its re-lit Spike Lee joint.”I giggled a lot while writing this and I even used some sound effects towards the very end. I won’t be coming back at the end like I usually do, so I will have to check in with you about my incredible production trick on the next episode.Don’t forget that you can Buy Me A Coffee.Go to buymeacoffee.com/joshbloom. Only $3 to help me make up for the coffee I had to purchase on credit while writing the piece you are about to listen to for free. Reminder: You are listening for free and it was not free to make for me!Also, let’s celebrate the fact that:This is Episode #50 of the “Josh Bloom Isn’t Going To Make A Cutesy Long-Ass Name For This Episode Because He Is Fighting Off A Cold and That Means That While He Isn’t Conscious of Putting In Less Effort and If He Was Conscious of Putting In Less Effort He Would Be Ashamed and Appalled But It Is Likely That His Brain and Therefore Body are Not Functioning As Normal It Is Reasonable To Think That He May Be Cutting Corners On The Cutesy Title That He Usually Comes Up With Before He Says Also Known As The Josh Bloom Podcast” aka the Josh Bloom Podcast!It is the first edition of “Josh Bloom’s ‘Right on Time’ Recaps” – The film review series that runs right when you’re ready to read!Before we jump into this hour-long odyssey, which I will not be waiting for you at the end of, please let me say now:Thanks again for listening! 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In fact, when they bring it up, you can act surprised: “I didn’t know that about Josh Bloom and the ‘Josh Bloom Podcast!’” I will not reveal your secret.Lastly, visit me everywhere for everything by going to superjews.com or iamjoshbloom.com for links to all of my social media and visit superjews.substack.com to subscribe to my Substack which contains all of my long-form writing including this article you are about to listen to.Enjoy the show, I’ll see you again very soon!+++More about me:I published my first newsletter before the age of ten, written using my next-door neighbor’s typewriter, copied with carbon paper, and distributed to mailboxes on my bicycle.One of my first stories was the obituary of John Belushi. Strange for a ten year old? Yes!My writing today is governed by deadpan sarcasm that goes granular on various cultural topics that I am deeply curious about. 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