{"id":3780,"date":"2020-12-07T00:23:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T00:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/netflixs-mank-leans-heavily-on-the-parable-of-the-organ-grinders-monkey\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T00:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T00:23:24","slug":"netflixs-mank-leans-heavily-on-the-parable-of-the-organ-grinders-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/netflixs-mank-leans-heavily-on-the-parable-of-the-organ-grinders-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s <em>Mank<\/em> Leans Heavily on the Parable of the Organ Grinder\u2019s Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following story contains spoilers for David Fincher&#8217;s new Netflix film, Mank. The key relationship of David Fincher&#8217;s Mank is between screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, or, Mank, and powerful media magnate William Randolph Hearst. While Hearst and Mank initially get along, their relationship sours throughout the course of the film; both men eventually compare their relationship to the parable of the organ grinder&#8217;s monkey. Understanding this parable\u2014and the fact that both characters recognize the parallels\u2014is key to understanding the themes of Fincher&#8217;s film. David Fincher&#8217;s Mank\u2014his first feature film since 2014&#8217;s Gone Girl\u2014is ostensibly a story about Old Hollywood. On its surface, if one was summarizing the plot in just a sentence: it&#8217;s a movie about a guy (Gary Oldman) racing against not only a limited timetable, but his own devices (he&#8217;s an alcoholic and also a bit of an egghead) to complete the script for what the audience knows will eventually become arguably the greatest movie o&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Men\u2019s Health<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/entertainment\/a34850152\/mank-organ-grinders-monkey\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following story contains spoilers for David Fincher&#8217;s new Netflix film, Mank. The key relationship of David Fincher&#8217;s Mank is between screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, or, Mank, and powerful media magnate William Randolph Hearst. 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