Lichman and Rizov “Live” at Grassroots Tavern: Season 6, Episode 4, “The Fake It So Real Podcast”

The summer keeps going as we talk shop with Robert Greene and his new documentary Fake It So Real.

Lichman and Rizov Live at Grassroots Tavern: Season 6, Episode 4, The Fake It So Real Podcast
Photo: 4th Row Films

Hello Lincolnton, North Carolina! The summer keeps going as we talk shop with Robert Greene and his new documentary Fake It So Real, which opens tomorrow at Rooftop Films in Brooklyn with a special post-screening wrestling match. We talk a bit about his previous doc, Kati with an I, and delve a bit into wrestling terminology just to make Vadim’s eyes gloss over like a good mark would.

Then we go into a minor spoiler about the film, which you’d otherwise never learn; the cinema of grown men slapping each other around; and the rather intimate presentation that Greene brings to the week-in-the-life of this cultural event that is slowly becoming more and more commercial despite the local roots of the thing. I’d also add [INSERT COMMENTARY ABOUT INDEPENDENT FILM AND WRESTLING HERE]. It’s very apt, no? But we go into the day-to-day of these men who want nothing more than a chance to break into an industry dominated by a single conglomerate (WWE) that does get name-checked—and has been in the news recently as one of their more high profile stars audibly broke character and then left.

So head out tomorrow to catch a screening AND a wrestling bout at the Crown Vic in Brooklyn and keep track of Fake It screenings here.

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And with that, the Grassroots podcast goes on hiatus as we deal with other things like the summer heat wave, possibly going to Cape Cod for a while and sitting in Film Forum for the remainder of the Pre-Code series. As always, if you see us at the bar, buy us a drink or get us our checks on time. Cheers!



This article was originally published on The House Next Door.

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