#314 - Contract With America

Published: March 14, 2022, 1:22 a.m.

b'She\'s a Democrat. He\'s a Republican. They\'re speechwriters on warring campaigns... but can they fall in love??? That\'s the premise of the Michael Keaton/Geena Davis romcom SPEECHLESS (1994), which drew inspiration from the real-life romance between Clinton strategist James Carville and Bush advisor Mary Matalin. We discuss a movie that could only have been made in the \'90s.\\n\\n"John Cleese Had Thoughts on Slavery at SXSW and It Was Super Cringey" by James Hibberd - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/john-cleese-sxsw-panel-1235109668/\\n\\n"Bedfellows Make Strange Politics" by Gore Vidal - https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/books/bedfellows-make-strange-politics.html'