Exploring the impact of societal taboos and controversies on the film industry, focusing on the reluctance of Hollywood to address complex topics like pedophilia, and the missed opportunity for cinema to challenge norms.
This is the story behind a biopic about a chimpanzee named Bubbles, sidekick to the King of Pop. Malcolm talks with the writer, Isaac Adamson, about the project’s rise and fall. Netflix optioned the script, a director was attached, and then… everything fell apart. In the episode, Isaac reads from his 2015 Black List winning script, and he and Malcolm consider whether now is the time for “Bubbles.”
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