Disney Animation Studios has seen an uptick in quality and consistency in the last five years... as well as an uptick in red herrings and plot twists replacing the traditional villain narrative. Did the era of the Disney villain end a long time ago?
Disney Animation Studios has seen an uptick in quality and consistency in the last five years... as well as an uptick in red herrings and plot twists replacing the traditional villain narrative. Did the era of the Disney villain end a long time ago?
2017x3 Is Beauty and the Beast About Stockholm Syndrome? Episode overview
Air date
Mar 29, 2017
No. The answer is no.
No. The answer is no.
2017x4 Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis Episode overview
Air date
Jun 02, 2017
You're not Mel Brooks.
You're not Mel Brooks.
2017x5 Pocahontas Was a Mistake, and Here's Why! Episode overview
Air date
Jul 16, 2017
But there's a benefit to losing... you get to learn from your mistake. So don't worry, we're gonna fix colonialism, y'all!
But there's a benefit to losing... you get to learn from your mistake. So don't worry, we're gonna fix colonialism, y'all!
2017x6 The Complex Feels of Guardians of the Galaxy v.2 Episode overview
Air date
Aug 30, 2017
why I felt a feel
why I felt a feel
2017x7 The Revisionist World of Disney: Mary Poppins, Walt Disney and Saving Mr. Banks Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2017
Disney's way of framing culture, history and stories may filter out a lot, but there is a reason why sometimes people need that Disney magic.
Disney's way of framing culture, history and stories may filter out a lot, but there is a reason why sometimes people need that Disney magic.
2017x8 The Case for Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 2017
Hunchback is the metaphorical Quasimodo of the disney animated feature film canon--weird, hidden away, and relegated to its master's hairshirt. Some common and consistent criticisms of .. show full overview
Hunchback is the metaphorical Quasimodo of the disney animated feature film canon--weird, hidden away, and relegated to its master's hairshirt. Some common and consistent criticisms of the film have cropped up over the years, but they often miss crucial context and the original goal of Victor Hugo's dark tale of human brutality.
2017x9 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Genres Tell No Tales Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 2017
yo-ho yo-ho, Eisner/King Lear analogy
yo-ho yo-ho, Eisner/King Lear analogy
2017x10Season finale Stranger Things, IT and the Upside Down of Nostalgia Episode overview
Air date
Dec 04, 2017
Let's take a look at the idea of the 30-year cycle, and why 80's themed media is suddenly so lucrative.
Let's take a look at the idea of the 30-year cycle, and why 80's themed media is suddenly so lucrative.
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