Werner Herzog Compares Wrestlemania To An Ancient Greek Drama | Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Published on November 2, 2023

Werner Herzog explains why he refers to himself as “The Great Defender Of Los Angeles” and why he enjoys watching reality TV.

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19 comments

  • Simon 6 months ago

    7:00 “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is the new “I would like to see the baby”

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  • Estudio Abierto Arquitexturas 6 months ago

    Therapy is for people who needed but not for everyone, not always, not all the time and specially with normal life issues.

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  • NoviceMagus48 6 months ago

    Based

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  • B Lidge 6 months ago

    Understanding the production and presentation of professional wrestling is a versatile gateway to understanding professional politics

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  • Opal 6 months ago

    lol, I had to remind myself this is a comedy podcast. You can’t get more nihilist than “the 20th century was a mistake.” You’ll never get _this_ on Colbert!

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  • shanenathaniel1 6 months ago

    I’ve always thought pro wrestling is the closest equivalent to Shakespeare’s theater we have in modern times. The audience is part of the show.

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  • Brad G 6 months ago

    I can’t wait to see what Paul F. Tompkins does with this.

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  • Vittorio Silerio 6 months ago

    Does Werner Herzog acknowledge our tribal chief, Roman Reigns?

    This is the most important of questions.

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  • Istdoch Allesegal 6 months ago

    Thank God that Gus is out there to represent Wisconsin!

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  • shoWbitz 6 months ago

    I need to see Werner Herzog in AEW Full Gear at The LA Forum. Book it Tony Khan! 🙏😂

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  • Rick B 6 months ago

    Yep, we use fiction to exorcise bloodlust. Like the elder gods from Cabin in the Woods.

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  • Will Ellington 6 months ago

    Herzog hates psychoanalysis? We really need a Herzog vs Zizek debate. I’ve no doubt they’d get on like a house on fire.

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  • Erin Koster 6 months ago

    Werner Herzog: man of the people

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  • Delgado 6 months ago

    I think there is a difference between “I don’t believe in therapy” and “I don’t believe that therapy will solve everything”. I mean, there surely is an idiotic culture repeating “be better, be better, be better” and of course the sollution to the worlds problems isn’t “more therapy”. But to just simply deny the good it can do (most people would benefit in knowing themselves a bit more, and psycoanalisys isn’t the only way to do that, the field of psycotherapy have many branches and alternatives) sounds simplistic. I love Werner Herzog and I can clearly see that he put a lot thought into what he is saying here; nonetheless, I think he’s a bit mistaken.

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  • Sahitya K 6 months ago

    His take on therapy/psycho analysis is interesting. Don’t think i agree with it but i can appreciate where he is coming from. Alot to dive into in what he said.

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  • richb313 6 months ago

    He is not wrong.

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  • Natália 6 months ago

    Hea comms Hunnee Booh Booh

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  • albinoroots1 6 months ago

    If Werner Herzog were to do an impersonation of Bill Hader doing an impersonation of Werner Herzog it would sound exactly like he said, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”

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  • TheBrendanzn 6 months ago

    This guy gets it – wrestling is an outlandish form of social commentary! Especially from the 80’s to late 2000’s, as those guys were doing something that had never been done, and they truly came up with it as they went along! They particated in some great satire and parody of society and popular culture – which is why if you watch the interviews of guys like Hogan, Stone Cold, The Rock, Kurt Angle, Triple H, Jericho etc – you see some really astute minds.

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