The new conspiracy-laden film Bugonia has been described by critics and audiences alike as “bleak.” But the comedy writer who penned the script doesn’t see it that way.

In this episode of The Last Laugh podcast, Will Tracy shares how he went from The Onion’s editor-in-chief to winning Emmys for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Succession to writing the mind-bending script for Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest collaboration with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

He discusses Bugonia’s very 2025 political message and unpacks what could be considered a deeply cynical ending that he finds oddly hopeful about the future of the planet—if not humanity. Tracy also explains why he found writing for John Oliver so miserable, how he managed to identify with Kendall Roy on Succession, and what it feels

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