146: “I'm the Dude, Playing a Dude, Disguised As Another Dude”: Don and Don 2

<div>Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don. <br> <br> Show notes:</div> <ul> <li>It's not only difficult to catch <em>Don</em> (1978), it's impossible</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/6295088-bachchan-76-78">“Bachchan ‘76 - ‘78″</a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://rupapublications.co.in/books/the-making-of-don/"><em>The Making of Don</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(2006_Hindi_film)"><em>Don: The Chase Begins Again</em> </a></li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers">Petronas Towers</a>, as seen in <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment_(film)"><em>Entrapment</em></a> </li> <li>Songs: “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/I2dE5N6v-JY">Yeh Mera Dil</a>,” “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/HVEL2niXrrE">Main Hoon Don</a>,” and “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/fcpQggb7X5s">Khaike Paan Banaraswala</a>”</li> <li>Comparisons to contemporary Bollywood action</li> <li>Don has read <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game:_Penetrating_the_Secret_Society_of_Pickup_Artists"><em>The Game</em></a> </li> </ul> <div>(INTERVAL (“<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/Z4tSnK7XdDg">Aaj Ki Raat</a>” from <em>Don: The Chase Begins Again</em>)<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_2"><em>Don 2</em></a></li> <li>Another stacked year, and a great year for the Akhtars</li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/iEtFrIt59Rw">Hallo Berlin</a>!</li> <li>Songs: “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/Cm0bRl9L7iA">Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo</a>” and “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/v8gZ8Sqcrtc">Dushman Mera Don 2</a>″</li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_(film_series)"><em>Mission: Impossible</em></a><em> </em>similarities</li> <li>Where will they go in <em>D