Episode 862: Your Bias Isn’t Going to Defeat My Bias

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Clint Eastwood’s latest (and final?) film, the legal thriller “Juror #2.”

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Clint Eastwood has been one of America’s most iconic actors and directors for several generations now, and he’s kept busy well into his 90s. But with no projects currently in development, it seems like Juror #2 might be his swan song. Like many of his directorial efforts, this movie is about normal people who become swallowed up by our nation’s institutions, in this case the legal system. Pete, Mark, and Matt delve into this odd beast: part legal thriller, part morality tale, part negative Yelp review of a roadhouse called “Rowdy’s Hideaway.”

The panelists are at first skeptical about the ending, and maybe the entire second half. After introducing a genuinely interesting setup, does the movie know what to DO with it? Everyone has their own ideas of where the story COULD have gone. But the more they talk, the more they understand the story CLINT wanted to tell, one in which nobody wants to do the hard thing so ultimately we don’t get the Hollywood ending we’ve been trained to expect. If you’re looking for heroism, you’re going to have to consult Clint’s work pre-Unforgiven. The only hope for the future he’ll leave us with is a cryptic look from Toni Collette, but maybe that’s a start.

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One Comment on “Episode 862: Your Bias Isn’t Going to Defeat My Bias”

  1. L33tminion #

    Sounds like it’s way, way above “12 Angry Men” levels of “taking dramatic liberty with the way juries actually work”, even in the context of a story about people not following the rules. (“Field trip”?!)

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