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Episode 1379 - Armando Iannucci

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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The Power of Humor in the Face of Authoritarianism

I wanted to do something about a dictator going into it thinking maybe a fictional dictator today, and then the story, the book, it was based on graphic novel, the death of Stalin. There's a whiff of 1920s, 1930s again here going on. I like the idea of continuing to put it up, put it up the fascist ass. Do you know? Yes. Cause I think that's going to be the challenge now because things become so tribalized. They would say who's watching that. No one cares. You know, but the Saturday Night Live thing last week. Oh, did he, cause he came up and says, well, I'm not. Well,

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