The Babysitter (2017) | Episode #16

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 2017 film The Babysitter. 

Episode Highlights: Katherine talks about depictions of the monstrous queer child and bullying in pop culture, Anthony applauds the film’s sound design and stylized elements, and we share our dream for a horror film where the protagonist wins because he remains a scaredy-cat.

A Dose of Scholarship: The article discussed in this episode is “The Monstrous Queer Child: Mobbing, Bullying and Bad Parenting in the 1980s” by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns et al. in the essay anthology Uncovering Stranger Things, edited Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.

This podcast episode first aired on March 4, 2020

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