Jesse Eisenberg talks about writing, directing and starring in the film A Real Pain. Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who go to Poland on a Jewish Heritage Tour. One of the stops is the Majdanek death camp. He spoke with Terry Gross about questions the film raises. Also, we hear from Pamela Anderson. In the new film, The Last Showgirl, she stars as a veteran Vegas dancer who must face the end of her legendary show. She talked with Tonya Mosley about her big career comeback.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Today, Jesse Eisenberg talks about writing, directing, and starring in the film A Real Pain. Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who go to Poland on a Jewish heritage tour. One of the stops is the Majdanek death camp. We'll talk about the questions the film raises, like...
What is real pain? Is my character's manageable, medicated OCD pain valid? Or is the only pain that's valid and should be kind of acknowledged is the pain of war and of kind of mass genocide and mass trauma?
Also, we hear from Pamela Anderson in the new film The Last Showgirl. She stars as a veteran Vegas dancer who must face the end of her legendary show. Anderson became a pop culture phenomenon in the late 80s, in part because of her role on the series Baywatch. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
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