Anytime I hear someone mention the ending of No Country For Old Men, it brings me back to seeing it in theaters and my quadriplegic uncle yelling “what the fuck” in a room full of silent people as soon as the credits rolled
At first I was like ... Wait what ? So Anton just leaves and thats it ? But yeah , I dont know why I was expecting something more epic than the bad guy simply not getting caught , in a way its like zodiac film , sometimes real stories dont go further than "whos the bad guy ?" Weve got no idea
He couldn't even mention Carlos Mencia. He's always full of shit whenever there's a risk of any sort of bad publicity like perhaps another comic talking shit at him and making digs into his unfunny stand up.
There actually have been Law and Order episodes where the bad guys get away with it. I remember one particularly, where a wife framed her husband for murder. The husband came to that realization in the closing minutes of the episode and nobody, including the protagonists, believed him. The final shot was of the wife smiling evilly as he was found guilty.
That's still the system working for the feminists and elites. The evil man gets his just desserts as the intelligent woman gets her revenge for some imagined crime he allegedly committed to her.
Is that the one where the wife pretended to be paralyzed in a wheelchair and the closing scene was her walking down a snowy Manhattan street? That episode was one of the most chilling.
My high school English teacher told us that Star Wars was a Western, and I’ve never looked at movies the same way since. This is a great working theory.
Star Wars is medieval fantasy. Swords and Sorcery. Knights, Princesses, and even an evil wizard usurping the power of the (galactic) throne. Even if this theory holds water, there are cops everywhere in the form of Stormtroopers. English teacher got it wrong just because it started in a desert, IMO.
It's a space opera, not a western. At least the original six. Some say there is more Star Wars films but I dont recognize them. Watched the dogshit called Force Awakens, not gonna waste my time with any of these disney nonsense Star Wars.
What was uncomfortable about that whole Carlos Mencia thing watching it was I was half expecting Joe to beat the snot out of him. I would have been fine with that, but Hollywood would have ostracized Joe over it and turned Carlos into the victim.
@@richfarfugnuven6308 it will be one those scientists he interviews that 'try' Joe Rogan, Stephen Hawkings would have challenged him to fight then & there, no way for Rogan to win,
@@AndySalinger33 Being spineless is no virtue. But refraining from needlessly bringing up names, talking behind a Mans back, and stirring up drama is definitely is a virtue. Youll get there one day, you still just need a few years to grow up and mature
@@flasha29 True... but it's sort of evolving into an Eastern right? I mean John Wick is going up against the system that raised him and turned him into the man he is today. He's kind of like a Serpico of the criminal/hitman underground.
I don't know how I came to recently discover Joe Rogan but I have been capitvated by his interviews which are more like conversations. He is a great listener and that is why he is so successful. Watching this, because I am such a huge Malcolm Gladwell fan, just solidifies my opinion of both. Way to go Joe!
Look back after interviews. It used to be whoever Joe wanted. Now he's on Spotify he's being used to create a narrative with the guests. So lately it's been all farfetched mad theories people. stuff thatd making everyone question everything at all times and fear it all. There was never a running theme He's never had an agenda but this speculative easily debunked nonsense guest's all at once. There trying to fuck his credibility
I like cozy mysteries. The reason I like them is because it's about human nature and solving a puzzle and it's something that's not stressful you can watch during the week. It's like knitting, it doesn't stir up stress and actually is relaxing. Now I'm not sitting there riveted by cozy mysteries unless it's a particularly well written one. I save really good shows or movies for the weekend or when I'm more up for it.
Brilliant analysis: * Western = no law and order - vigilante justice - Jack Reacher * Eastern = is law & order but with bad cops gets reformed from within - Serpico * Southern = system is corrupt - reformer is an outsider - John Grisham * Northern = law & order system works - Sherlock Holmes - Law & Order
Daniel Endy well that’s not recognizing that just having a show called law and order implies that law or order actually exists to give the hopeless hope that though there’s no justice for most Americans someone out there got justice. So you poor schmucks can just take personal responsibility for anything and everything and the penalties but someone got through and got justice. Or everyone hopes for one that matches the right criteria we can all cheer to get justice or not. But we can’t apply justice. No one is qualified except special people. Who are absolutely not corrupt and cannot be prosecuted with the same evidence if not more that they have against you. That’s why they have cases that are precedent. Everyone else loses but one case made it. And just because you didn’t have that criteria or did and couldn’t get an attorney someone’s justice is the democracy promise. So keep paying taxes and go to jail or hide in retail jobs to ensure they take the tax before you can ever touch it and they still find fault. It’s the mafia algorithm.
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Sidenote: i can remember the episode name or season for anything, but there was a later season, where one of the prosecutors was caught exchanging child prn. He was one of the regular prosecutors too. It was crazy.
I love Malcom Gladwell! His books are life-changing. It’s all about recognizing the patterns all around us and changing our perceptions. They’ve helped me tremendously.
I’ve read two of his books. They are kind of useless other than being entertaining because he explores what is behind the behaviors of the masses. Doesn’t change anything. The masses still behave the way they will. Tipping point gives explanation to the obvious but gives no insight on controlling it or changing it. He simply explains it with examples. It’s good reading. But it’s nothing more than entertainment. His hook is “see what secrets I’ve researched and how they open your mind.”. The reality is, if I’d never have read the books, I would know less about stuff that doesn’t matter anyway.
Yeah - episodes with a horrific ending are such a cliche that the Community parody of Law and Order ends with a beloved character unexpectedly getting killed... and that's the COMEDY take on the show! Joe and Malcolm seem to be the kings of pontificating on crap they know next to nothing about.
@@cinnamonsinner4619 bitch whats next. Your gonna call a 20 year old an old man from watching SVU after school? I'VE TAKEN IT FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT I WILL NOT TAKE FROM A MAN FROM THE INTERNET! FUCK THIS!!!
I gotta comment on Joes first conversation point about getting good at not caring about things he doesn't like. That was actually therapeutic listening to, right now for me. Currently living with some major depression and before that I was a bitter and angry individual so maybe theres some hope for me there
Funny but thats how i am about things I don’t like, it came naturally, but it made sense to just let that crap go cuz its like carrying poison around in yer system, that stuff just can’t be tolerated by a logical mind. I couldn’t let silly non issue issues eat me up anymore, so i let it flow & let it go. But to hear him put it in his own words kinda like with you? It validates our coping mechanism.? & he’s right! I really don’t hate, i just don’t concern myself with stuff i don’t like, kinda like… live & let live.
Yeah in CSI they act like they are super intelligent and that all police have access to the latest technology Oh and randomly hit button on a computer can have amazing results
Been saying this for years. That the cop and lawyer shows are propaganda designed to make the general audience have a good opinion of the justice system. Police are your friends, and we get the bad guys and they always get what they deserve.
I disagree. Most crime shows portray police that are constant violators of even the most basic tenets of constitutional rights. They also convey this false narrative that lead people to think certain things about the legal process. Like this ongoing belief that an arrest is invalid, under all circumstances, unless Miranda is read to the arrestee.
I’ve watched enough law and order svu to know that it doesn’t always end well. Sometimes the ending has me hoping that there’s a sequel to that episode that fixes the ending of the episode that I just watched
Rob Gallagher you mean the ending where the old man accepts the fact his country has moved on, and he has no place in it? sounds like the ending is a reference to the title.
jz's son For whatever reason, the Coen’s decided to omit the end of the novel. It ends with Chigurh confronting the actual owner of the money. It’s pretty legit.
@paula Yes I know what he meant and I also know he watches the show. How could he have a detailed theory as to why people watch it? I am sure he comes home some times and wants to see something mindless and it is on and he watches it. Shows I don't watch I may have heard the name but that is about it.
I love that Jack Reacher was mentioned at the end - my favorite fiction series of all time. The latest Amazon Prime series Reacher was fantastic, one of the finest renderings of a novel into a video medium that I've ever experienced. My dream is for Reacher to evolve into a long-running series with each book as a mini-season. They can film a bunch at once and release a couple times a year. I also heard Reacher described as a Noir - anyone recognize whether that conflicts with being a Western?
@@bigoshify Tom Cruise was not at all true to the books and was a disappointment to the devoted series readers. In the Amazon series Reacher is played by Alan Ritchson is a much better fit
@@kevinrenn9123 I didn't know it was a series before I saw the movie so I was going into it as just another Tom Cruise action movie so I had no expectations. I'm going to check out that series tho..
@@bigoshify You won't be disappointed. The Amazon show is based on the first book in the series so not a bad place to start and it does stay pretty true to the book. The Tom Cruise movies are the 9th and 18th books so if you read them in order, it will be a while till you get to the movies you saw
04:58 "The show Law & Order ... is a functioning apparatus of justice which reliably and accurately produces ummm... the correct result in confronting criminality every single day" Gladwell picked the wrong crime show as an example here. Law & Order is one of the few crime shows where sometimes the bad guy got away with his crime. And the show explained why that happened. That show doesn't produce "the correct result in confronting criminality every single day". The police fail. Then the prosecutors fail. The police didn't have a search warrant, the warrant was for another location, the police got permission to enter the premises from the wrong guy etc. Law & Order was one of the better crime shows. The good guys didn't always win. Sometimes they lost. Because of a legal technicality. (The warrant was for storage space #42, but the police entered storage space #2 on row 4 etc)
If this is less than 10% of the total historical canon of shows for LAO then it’s kind of your fault for taking his terminology literally. Most people of sound mind can tell when something exaggerated is exaggerated. If the show has between 20 and 30% of these outcomes then you tow the line of being right to call him out. If the show is 50/50 or more then you we’ll in your right to criticize the now understood misinformation he based his own interpretation on. Also, I’m sure you know a lot more about the shows than he does since he probably is too smart to be watching that stuff consistently so maybe you are right and you know a ton more about this show than he does. Wouldn’t call it a bragging position to be in considering we are talking about subjective classification of fictional tv shows and not the percentage accuracy of one’s recollection of a specific fictional tv show in relation to his own created subjective categories. Basically I think you missed the whole point of his thought experiment that he was sharing that you never would think of in your life and should be glad someone gave you a lens to watch new fictional dramas through and to better question what you are watching and why and how it is relevant in your life and why you dedicate precious time resources to watch this stuff when it is time you will never get back.
@@zncvmxbv4027 You thought he made some amazing observation? It's called a "shower thought," lol. Also, watching TV doesn't mean a person is any less intelligent. You went off typing out a book to some rando, insulting him about wasting time. Yet you don't even see the irony, lol.
A Button Athlete So that means he doesn’t like the themes of Law and Order, and he does like the themes in Grisham novels. And then he explains what those themes are
Unpopular opinion : Amy Schumer really isn't that bad. I watched that last special of hers where she's pregnant and she talks about her autistic husband and I was trying not to like her but she was actually pretty funny
I just want to see one Law and Order where the criminal escapes, the case goes cold, the department runs out of money, and everyone quits or retires out of frustration.
I don't know if you ever have read any of them but even if your someone who doesn't usually read books, the "Jack Reacher" novels are great. The story will suck you in right at the beginning and keep you wanting to read.
I just have to say, it's been interesting to me to watch Joe kind of mature over the years. You don't realize how much he's changed unless you go back & watch some of the older stuff. I appreciate that he keeps an open mind and is very self-aware.
Future house cleaner Neo westerns tend to be crime dramas in a western setting. Like Hell or Highwater. It might not be by Gladwell’s definition but I consider it one
British might like Northerns. Until it comes to Ian Rankin. Rebus is definitely of the Eastern variety: system is corrupt and Rebus is an insider working to be righteous despite it, but not necessarily affecting change. Read Ian Rankin. He's great. And so is Rebus. Another one is Ken Bruen's disgraced Guarda officer, Jack Taylor. Rebus is Scottish and Taylor is Irish. Lee Child is British. Maybe that accounts for his rebellion against the Northern device. Hmmm.
Padraig O'Hagan he knows he can’t just call out people. And that’s rude. Like I don’t like Tom papa or Jim Gaffigan, but I don’t like jokes about fast food. They aren’t better or worse than people that talk about poop or sex all day.
Joe's message about not caring about things he doesn't like is so important. If people just let other people enjoy the things they like without bashing them about it, the world would be a better place. For example, Joe doesn't like Rom-coms, but he doesn't care if others like them. But then at 1:55 he subtly bashes rom-coms which contradicts the message...that shit had me rolling LMAO
Lol right... certainly not mind blowing when it was literally the FIRST thing I thought after watching this horribly stupid show. Hes right about only women watching too. My boys gf can binge that shit for 4+ hours at a time. I'd rather get repeatedly kicked in the balls than watch that dog shit. EDIT: 'Mainly' women watching I sit corrected - my boy admits he watches w/ her sometimes. My mountain of respect for him just got blasted by an asteroid lol
Jay Berkovitz idk what you’re talking bout. I’m just saying there’s way more comedians using the same jokes with different delivery than Amy. It has become popular to rip on her. I
@@xXSPADEGG I don't care what Malcolm Gladstone thinks about anything. He never says anything important and all of his seemingly clever anecdotes crumble under any degree of scrutiny. Gladstone is pseudo-intellectualism personified.
BTW I thought it was an apocalypse... so he WAS a cop like Jack Reacher WAS a military man or whatever... idk I haven’t seen either so that’s just my outside interpretation
@@zeebosa4878 I started watching svu from the very 1st season in october last year.Keep in mind each season is 19-25 45 min episodes.And now I'm on season 19 out of 21.Im the type of person where I'll give a show 1 maybe 2 episodes max and if it doesnt captivate me I'm done only exception to that would be Game of thrones.But SVU had me hooked from the 1st episode.This is the 1st time I ever heard someone say it's a show that only women watch.I dont think either of them have finished a season based on the way they talk about it.
I always thought that . Women seem so fascinated by murder/crime , drama . I never understood the connection. I don’t glorify it . Fictionally I like action/ adventure and violence but realistically I avoid the realism of these murder type shows they feel too negative vibed . Why women are so magnetized towards murderers I’ll never understand
love the Reacher books, enjoyed the tom cruise movie renditions even though he's the furthest thing physically from Reacher. The new series is entertaining, didn't think I'd enjoy it but the plot was well done for simple summer streaming entertainment
Tom Cruise nailed Reacher's character. He never came across as cocky, just stating the facts, and the fact is, Reacher's a badass. Thad's got the size right, but he came across as cocky as fuck, and that's the farthest thing from Reacher. The dude might ham up some bravado if he thinks there's a strategic advantage, but he's constantly second guessing and calling himself a dumbass despite the fact he's a fucking genius. Reacher just has really high standards for himself. And Reacher doesn't translate well to the screen. The best part of the story is his fish out of water internal monologue. Without that, it's just another cliche mash-up.
@Guy Incognito YES, totally got Texas Ranger vibes from the show hahaha. The 1st reacher movie with Cruise is a modern classic I think. the cast and direction are so good
Yeah it would be interesting to see where Law & Order would fit on Gladwell's thematic compass if he watched enough to actually evaluate it. There's no systemic corruption shown per se. But it's a system which when it works, only works by the skin of its teeth through a lot of hard work. And it frequently doesn't work at all, despite a lot of hard work. I mean the only real "corruption to the system" would be the recognition of rights for the accused which are often working to prevent the heroes from prosecuting a crime. It's an adversarial system by design.
I couldn’t agree more. For a show with over 25 seasons he sounds like he caught a episode. I’m a male and I love that shit. Don’t know what law n order he watching
@@harageilucid4352 I get why Lawyers never speak ill of other Lawyers and Doctors never speak ill of other Doctors, but why the hell couldn't a comic who spends entire episodes talking about how some eat shit and just can't cut it say 'I just don't get their style' or 'I'm just not their audience' or something. Don't have to rag on them, just be honest...doesn't do Joe much favor on his own show to be evasive with his audience.
It's annoying. He can't just be honest anymore. He always has to put some kind of spin on his answers now, to make sure he doesn't upset anyone. It's hard to watch sometimes
That's what I commented, too!! Earliest seasons were the best because they weren't aiming for the biggest ratings & ad $$$. They were drier, slower, more interesting & seemed more true to life than later seasons.
Justin Boyd haha thank you for pointing this out. That’s all I could think about for almost the entire clip. “Does joe stink it’s a work in process and not progress?” I hope he’s not also one of those “I could care less” guys. 😂
“What comedians don’t you like?”....ah I don’t think like that, but I do have a 15 minute speech for your consideration about how I don’t think about those things.
Have to disagree. I worked extensively on Law & Order, and for all its faults, it doesn't portray the legal apparatus as virtuous and correct in every episode. The investigators are depicted as vindictive and overly aggressive, forge cases around the most absurd or flimsy evidence and often working hard to bring charges against innocent people. The DA's office staff do lose cases, have to deal with the poor evidence given to them by the investigators, and are frequently confronted with morally ambiguous scenarios in which they make judgment calls that they have internal ethical issues with. Of course, other times, the show is just the steamy heap of dog do Malcolm is depicting here.
I'm a male, and I used to watch them all on TV in the 90's and 2000's. I think they were popular because before Law & Order, all we got was a steady diet of cop drama shows. I'd say those are more for females, as they are essentially soap operas with cops as the "flawed" protagonists. Law & Order brought a sense of logic and reason that appeals better to the male mind, IMO. Less "drama" and more "here's the steps we took to catch the perp, and the steps we took to lock him up". Of course there was a bit of drama, but it was not overly absurd. I mean we barely know Briscoe outside of his job, and Rey had marital problems, and that was pretty much it. And McCoy? All I know about him is that he's a determined prosecutor who really REALLY wants to nail the crooks. Of course, after a decade of the same, it was getting boring, so in comes CSI to save the day, which it's fresh "we are L&O but with "science!" and really quick zoomed in shots of the trauma wounds, or whatever it happened to be.
When I was younger I remember watching Law & Order, except to Gladwell's point, my mother was always watching with me, I never remembered a time where Criminals minds, NCIS, CSI: Miami was on tv and my mothers wasn't in the same room as me watching it lmao. The "justice always prevails" narrative is 100% definitely driven towards the female demographic as fantasised comfort.
A great addon to that is how much women, especially my wife, HATE 'First 48'...don't have to watch many episodes to be reminded the fact that only about 40% of murders ever result in a conviction... she will literally leave the room if I am watching that show.
All those other shows were trash but law and order in the 90s was good. And Malcolm gladwell obviously never watch the show because there's plenty of episodes where the killer gets off just some technicality. Kind of a clueless to pontificate on a show he never actually watched
@@Charmer4856 meh it's about FBI profilers. Serial killers get away, the investigators are flawed and in constant danger, the system is corrupt from within and without, seems like this guy would love it.
This guy clearly hasn't seen many British crime programs if he thinks we still only have Sherlock Holmes. Something like 'Line of Duty' would blow his mind.
As a LIFE LONG viewer of L&O SVU and the original, I can factually say he is completely INCORRECT about the show. There are numerous episodes that end on a sad note. No happy ending. And many where the killer gets away with murder.
The Mad Max series is a post-apocalyptic Western in the second movie, an Eastern in the third, and a Southern in the fourth. Max Rockatansky was a police officer who exists in a collapsing empire in the first movie. That film portrays a total loss of culture and any form of justice. The subsequent films are about rebuilding. I would hate to see a Northern styled Mad Max installment...
Those first few seasons of L&O had some downers...rapists getting acquitted, an Old Country-like story about Colombian drug dealers which the cops were totally unprepared for.
