20 episodes
Death on the Lot The Binge
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- Society & Culture
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4.5 • 977 Ratings
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This season, we’re getting into 1950s Hollywood, ground zero for a cultural transformation that would upend every aspect of Americans’ lives. A movie theater in every city, a TV in every living room, and a Post-war America determined to be happy at any cost. Also during this period… a slew of untimely Hollywood deaths.
The rules of the road for the next seventy years were being written in real-time, and not everyone would make it out alive. This is the story of how Hollywood sold us on a new American Dream, and left a few unlucky stars holding the bag.
Hosted by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice, Succession).
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Don’t Change That Channel
Episode 1 | As post war Hollywood strives to define itself, it mirrors the divide happening in America. A rising right wing seeks to create conformity and fear, while a left wing fights for Civil Rights and a more equitable future.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
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Willie Bioff & Labor’s Last Stand
Episode 2 | The Life and Death of Willie Bioff, a gangster who bled American unions dry right just as labor was starting to deliver real results for workers.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
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The Red-Baiting of a Golden Boy
Episode 3 | A new generation of actors questioned the status quo; a rattled establishment fought back; dire consequences ensued. We’re talking John Garfield, Hollywood’s first method actor.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
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Blood Alley
Episode 4 | The life of James Dean, a restless man-child desperate to express himself in uptight post-World War II America. The original Rebel Without a Cause, and the prototype for a new kind of American teenager who longed to escape Mayberry.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free.
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Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Episode 5 | As television transformed American life, George Reeves became a star, only to get trapped inside the part that made him famous: Superman.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free.
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Change Agent
Episode 6 | How Hollywood’s use of Black actors clashed with the rising Civil Rights movement, and how the first black Oscar winner, Hattie McDaniel, was caught in the middle.
Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog.
Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at DeathontheLot@hyperobjectindustries.com.
Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free.
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A HyperObject Industries & Sony Music Entertainment production.
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Customer Reviews
Adam McKay!
Great storytelling and engaging personality drew me in to this sharply observed and well-reported collection of essays on Hollywood’s darker history. I’m really sorry to be out of episodes. Let’s hope Mr McKay has more to tell us! I’ll be listening.
A good podcast disfigured by stupid humor
This should have been a four-star review, but the host’s extended, unrelenting geezer jokes are an agony of embarrassment to listen to.
Mr. McKay, you are not nearly as funny as you think you are. Your mediocre and self-absorbed attempts at humor are a waste of my time. It’s a sad thing, because you’ve put together an interesting and informative podcast. It is a bit too narration- heavy, and if you had sliced out all inane humor, that would have given more space for other voices and afforded the listener some relief.
Would’ve been great
If it weren’t for the liberal drivel..omg the narrator is such a liberal hack!! Made it though the 3rd episode and had to listen to another podcast
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