Episode 23: Straw Dogs (with Yoel Inbar)

Published: May 27, 2013, 11 a.m.

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Dave, Tamler, and special guest Yoel Inbar break down Sam Peckinpah\'s brilliant (at least according \\xa0to one of us) 1971 film Straw Dogs.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 They talk about the notorious rape scene, the meaning of the final siege, standing up to Cornish townies, and whether the urge to respond to insults is rational in in modern society. \\xa0Also: Yoel and Tamler go another round in their debate about statistics and grad school.\\xa0

Links

Straw Dogs\\xa0[imdb.com]\\xa0

Yoel Inbar [yoelinbar.net]\\xa0

"The Power of Straw Dogs"\\xa0[dailybeast.com]\\xa0

Edward Copeland on Straw Dogs\\xa0[eddieonfilm.blogspot.com]

"Home Like No Place: Peckinpah\'s Straw Dogs."\\xa0 [criterion.com]\\xa0

Musical interlude courtesy of Monibeatz\\xa0 [http://monibeatz.bandcamp.com/]

Special Guest: Yoel Inbar.

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