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Jon Hamm on How Audible’s ‘The Big Fix’ Spotlights ‘Inconvenient Truths’ About Underrepresented Communities
Jon Hamm and the team behind the Audible Original drama 'The Big Fix'
From the moment Mankiewicz pitched the idea for “The Big Lie” — which follows Hamms’ FBI agent Jack Bergin as he sets out to shut down production of “Salt of the Earth” (a real movie inspired by a New Mexico labor strike) after he becomes convinced that the blacklisted filmmakers are using the film as a recruiting tool for the Communist Party — Audible’s Kate Navin, head of creative development, North America, knew the series had the potential to be a hit. In fact, they weren’t even finished working on the first installment when Mankiewicz pitched an idea for number two — “The Big Fix” is set in the aftermath of the real-life Chavez Ravine evictions, a dark moment in the history of Los Angeles. Where turning “The Big Fix” into a movie would’ve cost $100 million, he explained, making a podcast was considerably more cost-effective, creating more opportunity for historically significant, yet “difficult to sell,” stories to reach audiences.
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