Season 1, Gen X — Episode 4 — The Princess Bride (1987) w/ Philip Womack

This week DPP is outside of linear time entirely — or is it? We're joined by writer, author, and journalist Philip Womack to discuss Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride (1987).

Irony, cynicism, earnestness — new sincerity? Cold war analogy or riff on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels? We discuss it all through the prism of blockbuster 1980s Hollywood.

Womack can be found at @WomackPhilip, he's a frequent contributor to the Literary Review, The Spectator and The Telegraph. He is also a children's book author. His latest novel is Ghostlord (2023).

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