127: Election w/ Dana Schwartz

We're ready to go to the polls and make our voices heard cause this week, writer and podcaster Dana Schwartz joins us to mount whatever the opposite of a smear campaign against Alexander Payne's ELECTION.   We talk about its relevance in today's political landscape, how Payne's feels about Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) and the rest of its great cast of characters, the way that the movie both catapulted Reese Witherspoon to new heights and at the same time made her struggle with typecasting and dissect its crackling screenplay.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>