In this episode of the show we are concluding the main part of our Elaine May May with her last directorial outing to date, the 1987 Ishtar. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk, again, about the uphill struggle of getting this movie made, how it may have been out of step with the 80s milieu and maybe how it tried to fit in the landscape of newly reborn comedy. We also talk about the many ways in which May’s own legacy folds upon itself in here, how the movie might be so good at awkwardly sarcastic comedy that audiences didn’t get the message and how it went from being dubbed as one of the worst movies ever made to a reappraised gem. We also try to find a few nuggets of thematic self-reflection here just for good measure.

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