Ep. 146 Little Drummer Girl

The Pink Smoke welcomes back fan favorite John Arminio for a
companion episode to our epic 100 Years of Spy Movies two-parter
from last year to discuss the 2018 mini-series The Little Drummer
Girl, starring Florence Pugh and Michael Shannon, directed by Park
Chan-wook. Adapted from the 1983 novel by John le Carré, it is like
most of the famed author's work a taut and intricate web of postwar
intrigue and espionage. Set in 1979, it follows the recruitment of
an English actress by a seasoned Mossad spymaster to infiltrate a
Palestinian bomb-maker's network in order to prevent a potential
terrorist attack on London. John himself has recruited his father,
Captain Tom Arminio USN Retired, to join host John Cribbs in
crossing into the treacherous world of le Carré where morality,
identity and personal values are routinely compromised. They
discuss the relevance of this 40-year-old story, the culpability of
those who choose not to take sides in international conflicts, and
the fate of characters who suffer moral injury: having perpetrated,
failed to prevent, or witnessed events that contradict deeply held
moral beliefs. They also make fun of Diane Keaton's haircut from
the little-loved 1984 film adaptation. link to the War Peace and
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Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music:
Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"