Magnificent Jerk
On the last day of her grandmother’s life, journalist Maya Lin Sugarman finds a box of forgotten screenplays that sets her on a journey to uncover the truth about their author: her late uncle, Galen. She discovers that he was a leader of a Chinese gang, that he went to jail, and, in a final twist, that he poured his life story into a screenplay that was turned into a ’90s Hollywood action movie…starring Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T. Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts. apple.co/MagnificentJerk
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Podcast of the Year
Sep 10
Really well written, produced & amazing interviews. Thank you for sharing this fascinating story.
Fascinating!
Apr 10
I finished Magnificent Jerk today and I actually cried. It was amazing. This world is so far removed from my white, Mormon, Utah world but I was so taken in by your storytelling. Phenomenal job to you all. Much love and thanks!
Why
Aug 18
Even after finding out the movie was made by an Asian who could only afford has been actors and Eastern European locations, you still insisted on making the central narrative whitewashing.
Willful Disregard
Aug 1
The pod itself is creative and a pleasure to listen to. The narrator’s attempt to rehabilitate her relative — an admitted pimp, extortionist, thief, bully and likely murderer — using ‘90s Hollywood racial bias as the bad guy without truly addressing the harms of his past, feels willfully revisionist but unfortunately very current. Many of us have a mysterious black sheep in the family that no one talks about, and sometimes they really are just jerks.
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- Channel
- CreatorApple TV+ / Pineapple Street Studios
- Episodes10
- Seasons1
- RatingExplicit
- Copyright© Apple Video Programming LLC
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- ProviderApfel