Badlands Story Hour Ep. 190: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Chris Paul and Burning Bright take on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, opening with HAL 9000, the secret briefing on the monolith, and the cover story told to the crew at Clavius. The guys dig into why Kubrick's films are so hard to pin down, from Eyes Wide Shut to Full Metal Jacket, and whether you can separate the art from the artist. They listen through Bill Cooper's Mystery Babylon reading of the film, from the Dawn of Man to the rebirth imagery of the Star Child, and ask whether he was onto something or reading too much into it. Burning Bright explains why he likes writing…
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