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The Nose looks at ‘Primetime’ and ‘Phony’

Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim’s ‘Primetime.’
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Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim’s ‘Primetime.’

Primetime is the fourth feature film — and the first narrative feature film — directed by Lance Oppenheim. It is the second feature directed by Oppenheim that The Nose has covered in the last 15 days (and the other one is currently the No. 1 movie in the country). It stars Robert Pattinson as a heightened version of Chris Hansen during the production of To Catch a Predator.

And: Phony is a high school comedy-mystery series from Hulu. It stars Sam Nivola as a teenager who is convinced that his mother, played by Connie Britton, has been replaced by an impostor.

GUESTS:

  • Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian and writer; he claims to be the rightful heir to the Murray’s Hair Pomade fortune
  • Irene Papoulis: Taught writing for a long time at Trinity College
  • Lindsay Lee Wallace: A writer and a noted chiropterology journalist, among other things

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Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.
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