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Welcome to Lowdown Slowdown, where we’re slowing down to hang out with the new @sterlinharjo and @ethanhawke detective series The Lowdown on @fxnetworks.
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ONLY ONE PLOT E3 - Harry Stecopoulos (opens the original)
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The series journey into Thompson's world goes through Iowa City, where Christian talks with Harry Stecopoulos, Professor of English at the University of Iowa. Harry recently wrote "Red Noir" for The Baffler, a review of the new Library of America collection Jim Thompson: Five Noir Novels of the 1950s & 60s, edited, by the previous episode's guest, Robert Polito. From there it's the politics under the pulp: the Federal Writers' Project years, and Thompson's real villains, which turn out to be ban
ONLY ONE PLOT E2 - Robert Polito (opens the original)
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Christian sits down with Robert Polito, the man who wrote the book on Jim Thompson, quite literally, Savage Art . Polito also edited the new Library of America collection. If anyone can explain why a dime-store paperback writer keeps being relevant, it's him. They spend most of the conversation inside Thompson's memoir Roughneck , which is full of great stories that may or may not have happened the way he says they did (maybe he told more truth in fiction). From there it's the bigger question: w
ONLY ONE PLOT E1 - Josh Fadem (opens the original)
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Christian kicks off Only One Plot , a new Jim Thompson-focused series, with actor, comedian, and noir enthusiast Josh Fadem. Josh belongs to a small club: actors who've worked with both Sterlin Harjo and David Lynch — and he helps Christian connect some dots From there, they take a tour through some noir deep cuts (not borin!), sharp takes on Thompson's most unreliable narrators, and a detour into Kubrick's own Thompson collaborations. Grab a "good cup of joe" or some Diet Coke and settle in.
Introducing ONLY ONE PLOT (opens the original)
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Kurt and Christian look back on Season 1 of The Lowdown Slowdown, look ahead to the new season of The Lowdown, and announce a new series, ONLY ONE PLOT, a series exploring the work and influence of legendary author Jim Thompson. Thompson was integral to elements of The Lowdown and Christian had to learn more. He's going on a journey, maybe even a spiritual journey, to understand why Thompson's work is so compelling.
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