519 - Geek Challenge: 3 Women vs. Three Amigos!

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We’re seeing triple on a new Geek Challenge featuring a duet of trios: first we’ve got John Landis’ notorious flop Three Amigos from 1986, then Robert Altman’s dreamy art film 3 Women from 1977. Paul and Arlo debate whether or not Three Amigos deserves its reputation, puzzle over the inscrutability of 3 Women, and compare the two films’ respective turns into surrealism. Plus, Arlo’s back in the Cage with a series of ‘90s action classics.

NEXT: three, two, one…who knows?

BREAKDOWN

00:00:30 - Intro

00:21:43 - Three Amigos!

00:48:39 - 3 Women

01:29:44 - Outro / Next

LINKS

• ‘Three Amigos’ Revisited: Still Charming and Singularly Strange at 30” by Vince Mancini, Uproxx

• “Altman Had a Dream…” by Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com

MUSIC

• “Three Is A Magic Number” by Bob Dorough, Schoolhouse Rock (1973)

• “The Magic Number” by De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

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