Tim Robbins on Stephen King's Writing, Group Think and the Freedom of Saying I Don't Know
Tim Robbins joins Joe Rogan to talk about Stephen King's novels and The Shining, how people fall into group thinking out of fear, and why saying I don't know has been liberating for him. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 2h30m episode; the views are the speakers' own.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Tim Robbins and Joe Rogan begin with the difference between The Shining as a book and the film, then wonder what was in Stephen King's mind when he wrote his strangest novels. The conversation turns to how people lump into teams out of fear, want to be on the right side of history, and rarely experience real adversity. Robbins says he fell into that for a while and now finds the ability to say I don't know freeing. Partial-coverage note: this summary draws on the opening portion of a 2h30m episode. The opinions are the speakers' own and not verified here. Nothing here is advice.
Key Takeaways
The book versus the film
They discuss how the author reportedly disliked the film because Jack Nicholson seemed to go mad too quickly, whereas in the book the process of being possessed is slower.