Michael B. Jordan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You ever hear this quote?
Well, and that's a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, too.
And it's...
We love it so much.
I don't even know what Hitchcock meant, but I kind of know what he means, because you just believe in this myth of everything being sunny and, you know, my favorite things.
And Hitchcock was asking more of an audience, and he knew then, oh, we're never going to be able to sell it.
Yeah.
I mean, American exceptionalism is a comfortable lie, but is inherently perhaps a lie.
And you tell it every night.
I do.
I've heard you talk about the cast in Blue Moon.
You talk about it being like a symphony and different instruments.
Look to what's happening on FX with The Lowdown, which is a totally different experience.
It's fun.
It's noir-ish.
It's gritty.
It's Tulsa.
It's not giving into this narrative of American exceptionalism.
It's showing some fun, moneyed sides.