Antebellum (2020) | Episode #39

2021-01-18

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 2020 film Antebellum. Sorry for the silence at the beginning! The intro music didn't get added correctly! Episode Highlights: We explore what we see as the film's biggest issue: structural problems that created not only a disconnect between the film's three acts but also prevented the film from being able to clearly articulate its true source of horror. Looking at the film's attempt to be a social horror piece à la Jordan Peele, we argue that Antebellum u...

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 2020 film Antebellum. Sorry for the silence at the beginning! The intro music didn't get added correctly!

Episode Highlights: We explore what we see as the film's biggest issue: structural problems that created not only a disconnect between the film's three acts but also prevented the film from being able to clearly articulate its true source of horror. Looking at the film's attempt to be a social horror piece à la Jordan Peele, we argue that Antebellum ultimately played it too safe and simple and, in the process, failed to fully speak to the systematic and systemic evils of racism, inequality, and injustice at its core.

A Dose of Scholarship: We have said it before, but we'll say it again...check out Robin Means Coleman's excellent book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present!

This podcast episode first aired on January 18, 2021

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