Django Gold talks his “Dry January” joke as he refuses to fully commit to the bit. Good thing he’s very funny. And to be fair, not drinking does suck. In the full conversation, Mike Pesca and Django Gold get into: – Django’s view that comedy is “benign disruption” and why throwing audiences off balance matters – His years writing for Colbert, clapter culture, and how political crowds shape jokes – How his darker, paranoid stage persona emerged after the pandemic – Why he won’t risk glamorizing s

This scene from Django Unchained never fails to make me laugh 😂 Tarantino showed clips of the “baghead” scene to visiting interviewers and directors, he was underwhelmed by their response. Yet, when he briefly excised the content from the film, Sony producer Amy Pascal immediately questioned why it had been removed. In response, Tarantino re-added the scene, then decided to gauge how to proceed from the reactions of the test screening. There, audiences couldn’t stop laughing at the “baghead” mo