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How do the 1984 US romantic comedy Splash and the 2015 Polish horror musical The Lure reinterpret the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale The Little Mermaid.? No guests this week, just hosts Sean and Nicole talking about some sea folk and what these tales tell us about how audiences and filmmakers see gender, sexuality, sacrifice, and more.

Deep Cuts: The Lure on Syfy.com

Film Comment on The Lure

Roger Ebert on Splash

Ebert.com on The Lure

Janet Maslin on Splash

AO Scott on The Lure

The Little Mermaid was more Subversive than you Realized on Smithsonian.com

All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/