Conversations with Dead People
TV & Film
Multi-Mr. Pointy Award-winning author Mary Ellen Iatropoulos returns to discuss Franken-Forrest, Cabin in the Woods, and Joss’ obsession with concepts of hybridization in 421, “Primeval.” And then Season Four comes to it’s oh-so-welcome end with 422, “Restless,” which features some very unsubtle lesbian metaphors, Spike swinging really high, Mayor Meat, and the debate and confusion around the name of the First Slayer.
Oh, and we share our perhaps problematic love of the film Ghostbusters.
Next: I’m joined by Dax Stokes, host of the award-winning podcast The Vampire Historian to discuss the first three episodes of Season 5, “Buffy vs. Dracula,” “Real Me,” and “The Replacement.”
THE BREAKDOWN
Run Time: 02:01:04
00:00:55 - Intro / Guest
00:04:33 - Main Topic
01:53:30 - Outro / Next
THE LIBRARY
Joss Whedon and Race: Critical Essays, edited by Mary Ellen Iatropoulos and Lowery A. Woodall III
The Aesthetics of Culture in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Matthew Pateman
THE LINKS
Mary Ellen Iatropoulos’ Website
THE MUSIC
“Conversations (feat. Wesley Mead)” by Azura (2017)
“The Exposition Song” by Anthony Stewart Head (2000)
THE SCHOLARS
Whedon Studies Association is a non-profit academic organization devoted to the study of the works of Joss Whedon and his associates. They put out Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, and Watcher Junior: The Undergraduate Journal of Whedon Studies, both blind peer-reviewed twice-yearly online publications. They also host the biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, which brings all these incredible scholars together to present papers, discuss ways of incorporating Whedon Studies in education, and basically just geek out together.
http://www.whedonstudies.tv/
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Episode 41 - The Body (feat. Arlo Wiley)
Episode 40 - Crush / I Was Made to Love You (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 39 - Checkpoint / Blood Ties (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 38 - Into the Woods / Triangle (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 37 - Shadow / Listening to Fear (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 36 - Family / Fool for Love (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 35 - Out of My Mind / No Place Like Home (feat. Stephanie Graves)
Episode 34 - Buffy vs. Dracula / Real Me / The Replacement (feat. Dax Stokes)
Episode 32 - New Moon Rising / The Yoko Factor (feat. Nikki Stafford)
Episode 31 - Superstar / Where the Wild Things Are (feat. Kenn Edwards)
Episode 30 - This Year’s Girl / Who Are You (feat. Arlo Wiley)
Episode 29 - The I in Team / Goodbye Iowa (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 28 - Doomed / A New Man (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 27 - Hush (feat. Kenn Edwards)
Episode 26 - The Initiative / Pangs / Something Blue (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 25 - Fear, Itself / Beer Bad / Wild at Heart (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 24 - The Freshman / Living Conditions / The Harsh Light of Day (feat. Stephanie Graves)
Episode 23 - Graduation Day (Part 1 & Part 2) (feat. Vickie Navarra)
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