Summary: Titus & Robert Tracinski discuss Groundhog Day on its 25th anniversary. We bring out the comedic theme, the inescapability of character, & the confrontation between American restlessness & the limits necessary to relational being & intellectual development. We talk about the confrontation of the big city & the small town. We talk about Toqvueville. We talk about Hollywood doubles, movies that come out at about the same time with the same subject, from different studios. We talk about Deep Impact & Michael Bay's Armageddon; about Bill Murray in The man who knew too little & Michael Douglas in The game. We talk about comic actors turning to drama, like Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, & then Robin Williams and his movie What dreams may come.
