Episode 727: From Being a Maverick to Being the Maverick

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather climb into the cockpit for Top Gun: Maverick, which came roaring into theaters afterburners a-firin’ over Memorial day weekend. We talk about our early experience of the original movie, the mythic geometry of the action sequences, the themes and techniques of this genre-hopping remake, and we don’t leave without thanking the Iceman.

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Further Reading

• Top Gun: Maverick (IMDb)
• Samuel Maverick (Wikipedia)
• The Gulf War Did Not Take Place by Jean Baudrillard (Wikipedia)
• Ship’s Bell (Wikipedia)