On 13th September 1996, Tupac Shakur died in a still-unexplained killing (well, unless Eminem just blew the case wide open). It left a lot of things in limbo, including Vondie Curtis-Hall’s spiky, charming directorial debut. Nobody wanted to see a crime comedy starring someone who’d just been the victim of a horrific crime, even if – as Graham and Mark unpack on this week’s episode – the crime in Gridlock’d is rather more small-time than the web of corruption that got Tupac killed.
Twenty-seven years later, and Gridlock’d has a deserved cult following for its tricky but successful blend of caper comedy and angry commentary on American healthcare. Join our hosts as they explore this, plus the wonders of Thandiwe Newton’s accent, the movies Tim Roth nearly starred in, the iconic ’90s hits that made this risky film possible, and the timelessness of G-funk production. Plus, Graham explains Tupac’s odd, involuntary role in the Kendrick-Drake feud to Mark. All eyez on this!
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Episode 127: Tupac in Gridlock’d
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