Antagonistas, Tulsa King, and Finely Aged Actors

Laura J. Burns
Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

This week the Antagonist Podcast takes on Sly Stallone’s Tulsa King and wonders what other older actors should be returning to heat up our screens.

Join The Antagonist Managing Editor Laura J. Burns along with writers Orly Minazad, Dustin Waters, and John Brown Spiers as they dazzle you with pop culture topics.

Click to listen below or wherever you get your Podcasts.

0:13 — Introduction to this week’s episode.

1:48 — You have to be ready for the antagonist.

3:00 — Is it because there are a lot of Jews in LA?

5:30 — Why the Jews don’t do stuff like that.

10:33 — The inequity of these contests and why it’s not fair.

14:58 — Cocktail of the Week – Mountain Dew Fruit Quake.

22:15 — Sylvester Stallone as a mob boss.

26:28 — What did you think of the trailer?

27:56 — The show would have been better if it was a comedy and it was somebody else.

31:31 — A fork in Stallone’s filmography.

34:26 — Taylor Sheridan and the general neo-western vibe.

35:49 — Tulsa King is leaning into western tropes.

40:04 — What’s the deal with him?

42:40 — One development that happens later in the episode.

44:34 — Defining “old”.

51:32 — What’s making this conversation more of a conversation now is because we’ve reached the point where you can’t hold on

56:18 — Who’s the hottest on the planet? Harrison Ford.

1:02:46 — Batman’s Return.

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