The Treatment

Judd Apatow: 'The King of Staten Island'

Writer/Director Judd Apatow has focused his career on making comedy – and drama – people who, when forced to make a choice between adulthood and remaining a kid, put it off. And the emotional wreckage that indecision leaves.

By Elvis Mitchell • Jun 23, 2020 • 28m Listen

Writer/Director Judd Apatow has focused his career on making comedy – and drama – people who, when forced to make a choice between adulthood and remaining a kid, put it off. And the emotional wreckage that indecision leaves. For Pete Davidson's turn and first starring role, Apatow exposes Pete Davidson to indecision. He'll discuss that perspective taking him from '40-Year-Old Virgin' to 'The King of Staten Island' on The Treatment.

Elvis Mitchell
host of KCRW’s The Treatment
Judd Apatow
comedian and filmmaker and director of “George Carlin’s American Dream”

The Treatment

Judd Apatow: 'The King of Staten Island'

Writer/Director Judd Apatow has focused his career on making comedy – and drama – people who, when forced to make a choice between adulthood and remaining a kid, put it off. And the emotional wreckage that indecision leaves.

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The Treatment

Judd Apatow: 'The King of Staten Island'

Writer/Director Judd Apatow has focused his career on making comedy – and drama – people who, when forced to make a choice between adulthood and remaining a kid, put it off. And the emotional wreckage that indecision leaves.

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