Show Notes
This week DPP is outside of linear time entirely — or is it? We're joined by writer, author, and journalist Philip Womack [https://x.com/WomackPhilip] to discuss Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride (1987).
Irony, cynicism, earnestness — new sincerity? Cold war analogy or riff on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels? We discuss it all through the prism of blockbuster 1980s Hollywood.
Womack can be found at @WomackPhilip [https://x.com/WomackPhilip], he's a frequent contributor to the Literary Review, The Spectator and The Telegraph. He is also a children's book author. His latest novel is Ghostlord (2023). [https://www.waterstones.com/book/ghostlord/philip-womack/9781915071262]
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