Who Watches The Milksops? Chris Gethard "Rebuttal"


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
Jan 29 2025 88 mins   72 1 0

Our friend and regular guest Chris Gethard takes an episodes to deliver his quibbles with some flaws in Watchmen.

You know Chris from his stand-up comedy, from his podcast Beautiful/Anonymous, from his TV show The Chris Gethard Show. The Milksops know him from their days together at the UCB Theatre in NYC.

We had invited Chris -- who is a passionate comics fan -- to be our guest on a regular episode. Gethard suggested that he be on a special episode since he worrites his takes would detract from a regular coverage. We started calling this a "rebuttal" episode.

Although Gethard takes pains to underline that he loves and admires the comic, and even agrees that it is one of the very best created, he doesn't think that means it's above criticism, and so he takes the book to task.

We get into lots of ideas: the defensiveness of Watchmen fans, the pirate comic, the portrayal of the alien, the idea that the much-maligned Zack Snyder film had a better ending and other things!

It's a passionate discussion and an interesting one!

----------

Subscribe to support and to get bonus monthly episodes at screwitpodcasts.com

Join our Discord -- invite link also at screwitpodcasts.com