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Jan
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Episode 148: Eric Bogosian

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Eric Bogosian is not an easy interview — but he’s a good one. I came

ready to discuss his recently published book on the Armenian genocide, Operation Nemesis

— but the writer quickly made it known that he’s not keen to reflect

upon something that’s already out in the world, particularly not with

something new in need of promotion just over the horizon. Before we began, he sat me down and played a handful of examples of his 100 Monologues

project, featuring a rotating cast well known actors from stage and

screen acting out works written by Bogosian between 1980 and 2006,

arguably the purest manifestation of the work at the hard of an

incredibly diverse career. Over the

decades, he’s written books and appeared in myriad films, sitcoms and stage productions , but its Bogosian’s career as a playwright that will almost

certainly be his legacy. And here it’s shown bare for all the world,

just his words and an actor’s performance cast against a black [...]

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