“The Big Cigar” also — if nominally — involves a phony movie, created as cover to get Newton, on the run from the authorities, out of the country to Cuba. And as the episode proper begins, Newton, as narrator, declares: “The story I’m about to tell you is true. Produce this.”And so, after some spitballing and blue-skying, they decide to pretend to make a movie to cover his escape. In any case, Newton’s escape ultimately has nothing to do with any film, fake or otherwise. In spite of a premise that suggests it might be, “The Big Cigar” isn’t a comedy or satire.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 23, 2024 04:02 UTC