Esther Zuckerman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This is from the Heathcliff, like, animated series.
Yeah, the one that was recorded while Mel Blanc was dying.
Right.
Everyone is banned from making this joke now.
You're right.
But let's even zoom out here for a second.
Right.
The piano scene.
We can dig in the piano scene as kind of emblematic of the whole thing.
This movie's set up on the idea that he wants to become an American citizen because of the opportunities that could provide him in his career as a composer.
And whenever she sort of asks him about it because his English is so broken, he responds strangely.
And I watched the movie the first time and like, is the composer thing a lie?
Right.
Is he truly making this up?
Right.
You know, he says, I quit.
Right.
Can we unpack this scene for a moment?
So, like, Bebe Neuwirth takes a liking to him, brings him to the party, right?
When you're meeting Bebe and she's so big, part of you is going like, is she doing this to make her friend jealous?