Usually these Patreon-only bonus Happy Hour episodes exist behind a paywall, but we decided to unlock this one to the general public because it’s just so much dang “fun.” Charles Smith III, who was the guest on our previous episode covering the ongoing WGA strike, hangs back for the Happy Hour to drink some cheap whiskey and discuss the tribulations of independent filmmaking, his work as a producer and professor, and what it was like to study under director Peter Medak in film school. But the real heart of the episode is rousing political discussion about work and hierarchies, not as an abstract concept, but as the lived reality of pretty much everyone. Though the discussion isn’t always strictly film related, this Happy Hour episode felt meaningful to us, so here it is unlocked and un-paywalled.

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