23. Pumping Iron + Pain & Gain

This week's episode is like normal Twin Picks on steroids....literally!!!!! We looked at the 1977 documentary that brought the then-niche world of bodybuilding to the mainstream, 'Pumping Iron', and a 2013 action-comedy about three knucklehead bodybuilders trying to pull off a murderous get-rich-quick scheme in Michael Bay's 'Pain and Gain'.Both films are totally JACKED and NATTY explorations of American ambition and power, and both exist somewhere between fact and fiction, with the doco being partially staged and the action movie adapting horrible true crime into blockbuster bombast. Only ONE can be SWOLE enough to crush the team's skulls into powder! DYEL bro?TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC LINKS:Meg's favourite documentary 'Grey Gardens': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073076/?ref_=tt_sims_ttiNoah's other american dream meta-fiction drama 'American Animals': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6212478/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Eliza's beloved Macho Man Randy Savage wrestling promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4lK41SX-QEMAIL: [email protected]: twinpicksFACEBOOK: @twinpickspodcastROUGH CUT: https://roughcutfilm.com/NEXT WEEK: 'The Great Escape' + 'Chicken Run' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.