4X4: STREEP/NICHOLS: ANGELS IN AMERICA *SEASON FINALE* W/ANNA KLINE

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4X4: MIKE NICHOLS PT. 4 of 4:  ANGELS IN AMERICA w/Anna Kline

We have reached the end of both season 7 and our delightful 4x4 of directors and films (John Frankenheimer, Harmony Korine, Uwe Boll and Mike Nichols). We end with a late-career triumph by Nichols, his 2003 6-part adaptation of Tony Kushner’s masterpiece of mystery, heart and spiritualism at the end of the Reagan era. ANGELS IN AMERICA has been produced enough times that most people are familiar with it on some level . It is a play that has continually remained a bit of an enigma even as its central themes and core characters appear fairly clear. We’ll talk about the play, Kushner’s constant tweaking for subsequent productions, and the six hour film Nichols made from Kushner’s script. It won 3 million Emmy’s, one of the most celebrated series of all time. How does it hold up nearly 20 years later? Is it Nichols' Magnum Opus, as he would later say?

We are joined by  singer Anna Kline  of Swift Silver who shares a song about Nichols she wrote based on Mark Harris' essential Nichols biography MIKE NICHOLS, A LIFE, on Ben Arthur's brilliant Song Writer Podcast! She knows her Nichols and shares her song PICTURE SHOW! 

BONUS; Ken, Jack and Thomas all rank our Season Seven films. How do you rank an Uwe Boll against a Frankenheimer? Is that wise? Caution is tossed into the wind and we give it a shot.

ANNA KLINE and SWIFT SILVER Instagram: @swiftsilvermusic Twitter: @swiftsilverband

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THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.

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