TRAPPO Arthouse: "The World's Greatest Sinner" (1962)

 

Hello, dear listener. Welcome back to the show that talks about stuff on purpose. In an effort to raise the level of discourse here on TRAPPO, we have recently invested in a subscription to the Criterion Channel, the streaming service for consumers with a more refined palate. As we endeavor to class up the joint, as it were, we've decided to begin a new series here for those of you who are looking for something a bit more elevated in your podcast fare. Thus we unveil the glorious new TRAPPO Arthouse feature, and we certainly hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoy making it. We know you won't, but we'll keep doing this stuff anyway, because we're enjoying the journey so far. So get on board, kids, because this train's leaving the station!

Our inaugural installment of TRAPPO Arthouse is a deep dive into a bizarro political drama, religious satire, outsider art experiment directed by well-known character actor Timothy Carey, 1962's The World's Greatest Sinner, a movie you've almost certainly never heard of, because it was technically never released. There's a story behind that, and we get into it, as well as a whole bunch of other tall tales related to Carey and his magnum opus, in the episode, which you can find below, or check out on Apple, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify, The Hideous Reflection of Spotify, and Amazon, so choose your own adventure and tune into this twisting journey down the river of cinematic madness at your leisure. 

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