Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy directors, pompous playwrights, alcoholic detectives and a murderous Agatha Christie. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “See How They Run,” a meta parody of the production of “The Mousetrap” starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

2:31 Christie’s future as a fictional character

5:02 What is a meta movie?

8:11 Adrien Brody at the heart of the movie

15:03 Inspector Stoppard and Constable Stalker play dominant roles

18:56 Riddled with Easter eggs

22:42 Stalker sends Stoppard to dreamland

25:26 A movie in which you want to pay attention

27:36 Dealing with mixed-race casting

30:44 Agatha’s role at the climax