ON THE FORTY-NINTH EPISODE OF THE BOMB SQUAD PODCAST: Tanner, Rein, Austin and special guest Isabelle Muren discuss Lin-Manuel Miranda's biographical musical drama film Tick, Tick - Boom. Based on a few weeks in the life of Jonathan Larson, the tragic figure behind the musical "Rent", does this Netflix film do his work justice? Did Lin-Manuel make the jump from songwriter to film director gracefully? Can a bunch of former film students speak objectively about the story of a struggling artist who died the day he got famous? Tune in to find out.
—Austin Zwibelman