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1-800-Gangs of New York · 1-800-1800

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  SPEAKER_02: This is not Gangs of New York now with Cameron Diaz.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is Gangs of New York 20 years ago with Meryl Streep as Scorsese originally imagined it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Come back, refocus, remember the goal.
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  SPEAKER_01: So Madeline, that's my entire exposure to the film Gangs of New York until yesterday.
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  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I am quoting Rory Gilmore in season three,
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  SPEAKER_02: episode 18 of Gilmore Girls Happy Birthday Baby,
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  SPEAKER_02: where Rory is staging a surprise birthday party for Lorelai and trying to make
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  SPEAKER_02: the world's largest pizza.
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  SPEAKER_02: And she's yelling.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is I think the year is probably like 2003, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: This is when Kirk can't get the pizza to the town square.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And he burns all of his arms and legs on the cheese.
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  SPEAKER_02: And Rory...
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  SPEAKER_02: And I've never understood what Rory is trying to say.
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  SPEAKER_02: And now,
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  SPEAKER_02: because this is after Joe has suggested that they make a bunch of mini pizzas
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  SPEAKER_02: and put them on one giant table.
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  SPEAKER_02: And Rory's like, no, the original goal was one huge pizza.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hello, you've reached 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: I have a burning question.
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  SPEAKER_01: 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: I have a burning question.
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  SPEAKER_02: Anyway, so what are we talking about today, Mabel?
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  SPEAKER_02: This is 1-800-1800 and this is a special episode about
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  SPEAKER_02: the 2002 Martin Scorsese flick brought to you by the guys named Harvey
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  SPEAKER_02: and Bob Weinstein, gangs of New York.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a pro Miramax podcast, I have to say.
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  SPEAKER_00: They did some of my favorite work of all time.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, they made the best movies ever.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: So my name is Mabel Taylor.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I'm Madeline Porcella.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we run Mandylion Press and we also have this podcast
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  SPEAKER_02: and we do these special paywalled episodes available at mandylion.substack.com.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you can become a paid subscriber and listen up and you'll love every second of it.
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  SPEAKER_02: This episode is about Gangs of New York,
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  SPEAKER_02: but other special episodes have been about things like the novel Yesteryear and
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  SPEAKER_02: the novel The Awakening and just all sorts of fun books and movies and TV shows
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  SPEAKER_02: and just ideas that we have.
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  SPEAKER_02: And herein is the episode.
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  SPEAKER_02: So should we go back to the why?
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  SPEAKER_02: Why we're here?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: Madeline, tell me what this film means to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Gangs of New York, I would say, is one of my top five all time favorite movies.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's actually tied maybe for number one
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  SPEAKER_00: with another Martin Scorsese 19th century period,
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  SPEAKER_00: Pre Stage of Innocence, starring also Daniel Day-Lewis.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I have seen that one, if that makes you feel better.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I've spent the last six years trying to get Mabel to watch this movie.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she finally relented because I said that we could record a conversation about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she is a whore for fame and attention.
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  SPEAKER_02: And this is a film
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  SPEAKER_00: really about whores.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's kind of appropriate.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's appropriate.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think I first saw this movie in high school.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will like this is one of my kind of 19th century love entry points.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I did have a bit of a Daniel Day Lewis obsession at the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's more about him than about the movie.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's just so funny.
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  SPEAKER_02: How else did your love for Daniel Day Lewis manifest?
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I love There Will Be Blood.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love The Age of Innocence.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love My Left Foot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, what else do you want me to say?
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, did you go to a fan convention?
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  SPEAKER_02: Did you get his name tattooed on your butt?
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  SPEAKER_02: Like, stuff like that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know that.
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  SPEAKER_02: I didn't recognize him at first, which is a classic Daniel Day-Lewis calling card.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, because he's that good.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he's that freaking good.
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  SPEAKER_02: So it came out in 2002, but you
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  SPEAKER_00: didn't see it when it came
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  SPEAKER_02: out.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think I probably saw it for the first time.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, because I was only 10 in 2002 and that's a bit violent,
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  SPEAKER_00: but I think I must have seen it for the first time
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  SPEAKER_00: when I had my like Netflix account where I got three DVDs at a time
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  SPEAKER_00: and this one came in the mail and it changed my life forever.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hello, you've reached 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: 1-800-1800.
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  SPEAKER_01: I have a burning question.
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  SPEAKER_01: I have a burning question.
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