The Color of Money with Chris Ryan
Summary
In this episode of Blank Check, hosts Griffin and David discuss Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money with guest Chris Ryan, analyzing it as a career stabilizer for Scorsese and a definitive performance for Paul Newman. They explore the film’s status as the first legacy sequel, its distinct pool hustler vocabulary, and the cultural impact of its characters. The conversation also touches on the evolution of Newman’s on-screen aging, the history of pool video games, and the hosts’ personal memories of watching films in the 1980s.
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