"RE-RELEASE: Paul Thomas Anderson"
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Okay, here we go. This is going to be a SmartList episode. Let's tune up the ears, get the wax out. What are you doing? The papers are getting set. The prep is done. Okay, ready? Here we go. You guys ready to talk?
Guys, guys, guys. What? It's an all-new SmartList. Oh, God.
Okay, hey guys, look, wait, check this out. Oh, sure, yeah, yeah, start right away.
Yeah, have you been preparing, Sean?
You see that, look at the sign.
Construction?
No, that sign right where my finger is. Chicago Theater.
Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow. Did you know that a week ago, that you were going to be staying in that apartment?
I knew the name of it, but I didn't know where it was.
Yeah, Sean, for the listener, Sean started his stay there. What is it going to be like a multi-month stay in Chicago, right? Yeah, three months, yeah. The first night he was there was Valentine's, and appropriately he and Scotty saw a couple consummating Valentine's right across the street. And like in kind of like, it wasn't even like, it was all the lights were on. It was somewhat impromptu. We won't get into the graphic details of it, but it was clearly not a planned consummation. No, all parties were upright is the point. It was half a wobbly H. Isn't that wild?
And Scotty's like, I go, what are you looking at? And he's like, come over to this window.
How long was he looking out the window before you noticed he was staring?
Quite a while. It was a minute. And he kept saying, come look at these people in love. Right, he kept saying, look at these people in love.
I mean, they were going at it. Sean, this is love. In case you didn't know, it's Valentine's Day. Okay, this is what love is.
Okay? Now, do you think they wanted to be seen? That's why the shades were up?
Yeah. No, I think people are just used to living... Well, Will, you can speak to this. You've lived in New York City. Do you just get used to the fact that people might be watching you, or do you... Well, that.
I think you go back and forth. I think that you have moments where you're like, oh, my God. And then you also have moments where you're like, you just live your life and you don't think about it. You can't think about it all the time. I mean, you could pull the shades down. Sure. I would suggest that those people who are engaged in that, in that moment, didn't care. And in fact, that that probably was there to heighten their experience.
Now, Shawnee, you're back out on the road. We'll get to our guests here. Apologies. But, Shawnee, how's the first few days of rehearsal going?
Are you having regrets? How's Oscar LeVant? Good.
So, Shawn's doing a—it's not a musical, right? It's got some music in it, but it's a play.
No, no, it's a play.
It's a play. Okay. So, he's going—so, he's there now. He's a week into rehearsals, and it's pretty arduous to rehearse a play for the listener. And, Shawn— Are you loving it or having regrets? Oh, my God, I love it so much.
I mean, it's a ton of work, but thank you for asking. Yeah, it's a ton of work, but really rewarding. You know what I love the most is we're in the process of sitting around talking about the play page by page, making sure everything makes sense and the backstory informs what the characters are doing. Is this the first time the play is being done? Yeah, it's a brand new play by Doug Wright, who won the Pulitzer for I Am My Own Wife, and he wrote the movie Quills, and amazing writer.
Well, let's plug Doug for sure.
Does he have a website? Jesus. Oh, by the way, it's called Goodnight Oscar. It's called Goodnight Oscar.
Oh, God. We know, and we have told every audience across the country knows Oscar Levant backstage at the Tonight Show. Nobody's going to go to the play now. Everybody feels like they've already seen it.
Well, maybe they'll check out Murderville again.
Yeah, exactly. Let's give that another look. That's not a bad idea. That's not a bad idea. How's that doing, Will? People seem to really be enjoying it. It's been very nice to see people enjoy it and have fun with it. Listener, that's a show on Netflix called Murderville that Will Arnett brought to all of us.
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