As ‘Fargo’ turns 30, William H. Macy shares surprising stories behind the Coen brothers classic:

And he's an old hand at the car business and it's the old days. How can he not have a better way?

> banal stupidity Like Jerry asking Wade for money so he can invest in "his deal"?

I took that as him buying time. He’s constantly trying to keep the ruse going. He knows it’s all paper thin.

I believe that in the very beginning, Walt truly did convince himself it was for family, so they wouldn't have to worry one he was gone (and he was quite sure he wasn't going to survive - and as someone who went through stage 3 colon cancer treatment a few years ago, I feel like I understand even deeper about all those feelings, fears, etc).  But as the show goes on, regardless of his dark turn once he tastes power and money, we begin to get glimpses of his life before the cancer, the company he helped found, and we see that he was always a narcissist, not really a good person. All the dark aspects of his personality that become front and center by the end... that's who he always was, but for some reason, maybe having a kid, especially a special needs son, maybe having a wife who, despite all the hate from the Internet, was one of the only truly good characters, he just hid it well until circumstances brought it all back out.  BCS, which I love just as much, is similar. Except I always felt like Jimmy was not a good person, but was nowhere near as dark inside as Walt.  I've seen Fargo probably 40 times, and I've always assumed Jerry believed himself to be the hero of his story, but was such a pathetic idiot who thought himself smarter than everyone. 

He got such an inheritance though probably.

Holy shit. Is that from Unforgiven?! Never made that connection. Cool

A while ago in the BB sub Reddit there was someone arguing hard that Walt was doing it for his family. I showed them a video of Vince himself explaining how they’re wrong and they claimed I ruined the show for them then blocked me

Sure but which are you more likely to put on for fun?

I could talk about the ending and how it’s the key to unlocking Coens morality all day. It’s so good. They get called existentialists, but I think they’re more inline with Camus’ absurdism. His philosophy is around accepting that the world is a chaotic meaningless mess but choosing to follow your passions and appreciate what you have in spite of it. Her big moment comes when she discovered her old friend lied to her about something pretty serious. Before that she couldn’t comprehend someone doing something so boldly immoral. This makes her go back and question Macys character again. Then she sees the wood chipper which shows how truly depraved the universe can be. Instead of letting that break her, she accepts people like that exist, she’ll never understand them, and chooses to go home and appreciate what she has in her loving husband. They double down on the theme by having her assign meaning to the 3 cent stamp beyond its actual value. Just such a perfect and exploration of great philosophy

Burn After Reading is a great example of this. Even 'Spy' departments have everyday idiots somehow in certain positions that clearly aren't based on merit, or it's a great way to de glorify certain environments/cliches. A Serious Man feels like they were aware of the trope and just teased the hell out of it.

Yeh I grew up in Chicago and I'm out on the east coast now. When I go visit family and friends it's the same thing. You don't notice the accents until you're removed from them lol Same thing, ran into a girl, and never noticed how thick her accent was until now.

It 100% sucks rich fucks can get away with whatever they want. Also, his performance in Fargo is great and I'm interested in his take on it. World ain't black and white. Never meet your heros, or rather don't bother having heros, just recognize everyone can do great and shitty things in the same lifetime.

Those rich fucks...this whole f****** thing.