Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme”
A beloved 1990 New Yorker satire about Wile E. Coyote suing Acme for defective products has been reimagined as a long-delayed film, Coyote vs. Acme, sparking a conversation between the original essay’s author, Ian Frazier, and screenwriter Sammy Burch about art, absurdity, and defianc
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