Episode 8: Disraeli

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

What do you get when you mash up a drawing room comedy, a spy caper, and a proto-biopic? Well, you get something of a mess, but at least a mostly entertaining one. Disraeli starts off the 1929/1930 nominees with a confused morass of a movie, but great fodder for David and Suzan to explore questions like "Should a paean to a guy who made Queen Victoria the Empress of India even exist?" "Are ladies men always inherently awful sexists?" "What really is a restoration comedy?" 

SHOW NOTES

Year Eligible: 1929/1930 (Nominated)

Music: "Childrens Symphony" by Prince's Orchestra, available at freemusicarchive.org

(Explicit language, as always)