Oh Welles: Episode 6 - Othello
Mike (@mumbles3k) and Max (@JMaxHegel) are watching all of Orson Welles’ directorial efforts leading up to The Other Side of the Wind, the director’s new film set to be released over 30 years after his death. Here, they discuss another one of Welles’ Shakespeare adaptations, Othello, aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice. As his first independent production, does it hold any weight to his previous work? Does—wait, is that Orson Welles in blackface? Is that his real hair? Umm. Okay, we need to talk about that…
What’s the sound of one hand fan clapping?
You wouldn’t punch a 50-year-old baby would you?
A pod time ago in a castlaxy far, far away....
We’re sorry this isn’t six hours long. It’s only five hours and 48 minutes long.
One Oscars After Another (Okay, I’m officially out of Oscar puns this year.)

