AFI Top 100 #043: Midnight Cowboy
MOTS-terpiece attempts to hustle their way through the 1969 gritty classic, Midnight Cowboy, possibly being taken for a ride themselves along the way. [Aggregate score: 9]
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Reviews
Literature: The Axiom of Choice by David W. Goldman
Today’s short story begs the question: Does free will really exist? David W. Goldman’s The Axiom of Choice plays with the Choose Your Own Adventure format and we’re there to talk about it. [Aggregate Score: 8.00]
With Guest Speaker:
Veronica Hernandez
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Literature: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
It’s another short story! This time we review the all-American classic, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, the original M. Night Shyamalan. It is the story of two fools and their thoughtful, but ultimately pointless Christmas gifts to each other. [Aggregate Score: 6.00]
Guest starring Veronica Hernandez.
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Literature: Mauricio “The Eye” Silva by Roberto Bolano
The MOTS crew is back for another short story review, joined by friend of the show and literature everywhere, Veronica Hernandez. Roberto Bolano’s The Eye is the haunting story of a strange man in a strange land, and the changes his journey has wrought upon him. [Aggregate Score: 9.00]
Special Guest: Veronica Hernandez
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AFI Top 100 #084: Easy Rider
MOTS hits the highway, looking for adventure, reviewing whatever comes their way, which in this case was the 1969 classic, Easy Rider. Starring J. Ian Manczur as Dennis Hopper, Scott Thurlow as Peter Fonda, and Steven Ormosi as Jack Nicholson. [Aggregate score: 9.6]
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AFI Top 100 #052: Taxi Driver
TLS review Martin Scorsese’s enduring 1976 classic, Taxi Driver. Starring a young every-actor-who’s-over-60-now, it’s the story of Travis Bickle, a down and out war vet turned cabbie who’s got plenty of anger and nowhere to put it. [Aggregate score: 10]
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AFI Top 100 #076: Forrest Gump
We review Forrest Gump, #76 on the AFI list. Would you miss your bus to hear the story of the man who was at every major American event for a half century? [Aggregate score: 5.6]
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Literature: Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
This episode is a true lost signal recently rediscovered in the raw recording vault. So lay back with your alien lover and enjoy a narcotic egg while the crew raucously debates Octavia Butler’s short story, Bloodchild. [Aggregate Score: 6.00]
Special Guest: Veronica Hernandez
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AFI Top 100 #073: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
This week, the MOTS crew discusses the classic film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It’s a standoff at the mics as we sort out the best (and worst) parts of being old west bank robbers. [Aggregate score: 9.3]
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Literature: We Can Get Them for You Wholesale by Neil Gaiman
MOTS Ado sits down to read and review an early short story from one of the masters of the writing craft: Neil Gaiman.
We always have to be asked to do this, you see. [Aggregate Score: 9.5]
Guest Starring:
Veronica Hernandez
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