Is DIRTY HARRY a fascist film? Plus: the state of policing in the US & Australia

“Dirty Harry is Batman and Scorpio is The Joker.” Join us and friends as we compare Warner Brother’s supercop with Warner Brother’s superhero. And their respective antagonists. Featuring: Sneaky Dragon Podcast, Indiana Jones Minute, Niall McGowan,

“Dirty Harry is a problematic and ridiculous film that could never be made today”. Adjudicator: Ben Pobjie. Affirmative: Daniel Thompson. Evelyn Hamlett, Karen Sims, Ryan Sliwinski. Negative: Mitch Grinter, Sean German, Austen Pond, Tom Glasson.

A reconstruction of the radio coverage of Dirty Harry’s San Francisco premiere, Loew’s Market Street Theatre, on the night of 22 December 1971.

Join us to review this hilarious low-budget feature speculating on the identity and nefarious doings of the Bay Area’s most infamous murderer-at large. THE ZODIAC KILLER prefigured DIRTY HARRY into cinemas by a whole eight months.

Outtakes, Tangents and Extra Material from Minutes 1- 97.

Thick Yellow Font, No Chaser. Sombre And Contemplative Music. How To Get Home. GUESTS: Bartek Kasprzyszak. Will Seagull. Bartek – https://spitandpolish.podbean.com/

Seven Point Suppository. Doing Ambiguity Well. Stunt Hands & Knuckle Fuzz. GUESTS: Sean German. Bartek Kasprzyszak. Will Seagull. Sean – http://www.catandsean.org/ Bartek – https://spitandpolish.podbean.com/

Outtakes, Tangents and Extra Material from Minutes 1- 97.

Healthy Scorpio Ego. Punk Like Anyone Else. Goading The Wuss. Guests: Eric Deutsch of Escape From New York Minute. Karen Sims.