1947 Part 1: Underrated Peck Action
It's 1947, and the Academy thinks it's time America had a frank talk about how many Nazis are running around two years after World War II ended. Human avatar of gravitas Gregory Peck leads Gentleman's Agreement, in which a journalist goes looking for antisemitism in New York for a story, and finds that it's very much like trying to get a sip of water from a fire hose. Erin, Claire, and Dan dig into Gentleman's Agreement's deep dives into the many faces of bigotry, from the out-and-proud to the self-haters to the "nice people" who think they're allies but lack the action to back that up, and…
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