# Citizen...Can You Not?!: Orson Welles vs. William Randolph Hearst

An episode of [Ridiculous Crime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1608230191), 4 Jun 2024, 58 min.

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The radio and theater phenom, Orson Welles, was the real life Max Fisher from Rushmore. He has early success after success, and then goes off to Hollywood to makes his first film –– Citizen Kane. However, the great man the film is based on goes to war against Orson Welles to crush the filmmaker and bury his film before it's ever released. Hearst uses means, both legal and illegal, to destroy the young genius. Why?! It all comes down to one word: Rosebud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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