Best Of: Kumail Nanjiani / 'Knives Out' Writer/Director Rian Johnson
Podcast |
Fresh Air
Publisher |
NPR
WHYY
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Literature
Society & Culture
TV & Film
Publication Date |
Dec 17, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:47:55
Kumail Nanjiani plays Somen "Steve" Banerjee, founder of the male strip club Chippendales, in a new Hulu series. Banerjee was ultimately undone by his own corrupt business practices. We talk about the challenge of playing an un-funny person and how his childhood in Pakistan informs his comedy.Justin Chang reviews new iterations of Matilda and Pinnochio on Netflix. Glass Onion, Rian Johnson's sequel to Knives Out, centers on a billionaire who's invited an assortment of so-called "disrupters" to his private island for a long weekend getaway to play out a murder mystery game. The writer/director talks about satirizing tech moguls and influencers and the murder mysteries that inspired him.

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