Apatow and his co-director Michael Bonfiglio made an inspired choice with the film to include long chunks of Carlin's material - as opposed to cutting it down to simply a setup and a punchline. For starters, the title of the film is a line from Carlin's material that could've been written today: "The owners of this country known the truth that it's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."įor Apatow, that line resonated because we are watching an effort by today's Republican Party to move our country backwards. I spoke to the co-director of the film, Judd Apatow, a comedy legend in his own right, on "Salon Talks" about his connection to Carlin and the making of the film. Legendary comedian George Carlin passed away in 2008, but as you can watch firsthand in HBO Max's new two-part documentary series, "George Carlin's American Dream," his material on issues ranging from racism to gun violence to abortion resonate more today than ever.
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