The ContrariansBonus! - The Crucible

Arthur Miller really knew how to lay it on thick. When he found himself smack dab in the middle of McCarthy’s Communist Witch Hunt, his answer was to write a play that simplified the situation to the dumbest level, made old-timey Puritans look like idiots and, casually, blamed women for everything. Listen to Alex and Julio try to make sense of Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of THE CRUCIBLE, starring a cast of titans in addition to our beloved Winona! Why is it heroic for Daniel Day Lewis to leave his children fatherless? Why does Joan Allen feel the need to apologize for being cheated on? Why does everybody believe anything that follows the words “The Devil Says”? It’s the most devious Winona we’ve found so far and the one that leads to the heaviest Real Talk ever!

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TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:01:17 Intro

00:01:18 - 00:12:08 Opening: This Really Happened?

00:12:09 - 01:11:19 Contrarians Corner

01:11:20 - 01:13:07 God’s Finger

01:13:08 - 02:01:19 Real Talk

02:01:20 - 02:03:17 Perennial Plugs

02:03:18 - 02:06:54 Today’s Plugs

- Check out Julio’s guest spot on Ashlee’s RABBIT EARS PODCAST to listen to them talk about Game of Thrones for 90 minutes. Also, check out CINEMA PARADISO, a gem from the 80s.

- THE FESTIVE YEARS have been letting us use their music for years now and they are amazing. You can check out their work on Spotify, on Facebook or on their very own website.

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI and Peruvian economics on his other podcast, MARGINAL. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next, The Summer of Winona shifts gears into something a little less heavy (hopefully) as we tackle the thriller HOMEFRONT! In the meantime, let us know how you liked THE CRUCIBLE! Were you overwhelmingly bummed by the whole thing? Is this the evilest Winona we’ve seen so far? Did DDL deserve an Oscar or was he trying too hard? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!