Don’t worry, we won’t question your reality. There really is a new episode out today ;)
Join us as we discuss Gaslight (1944) and try to shed some light on its more well-known progeny - ‘gaslighting’💡
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What can adaptation theory tell us about how language evolves, the use of therapy speak, and the role of media in our understanding of medical terms? Let us enlighten you… 🕯️
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Episode content warnings: murder, domestic abuse and violence, emotional manipulation and gaslighting, including interpersonal, medical, political, and institutional gaslighting. Mentions of institutional racism and white supremacy. Neither of us is a mental health professional and we will be looking at these issues from a cultural perspective.
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📝 Shownotes: 📝
📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo)
Primary Sources:
🎞️ “Gaslight” (1944) (dir. George Cukor, wr. John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston) (Screenplay: www.scripts.com/script/gaslight_8807)
🎭 “Gas Light” (1938) (wr. Patrick Hamilton) (premiered at the Richmond Theatre in London)
🎞️ “Gaslight” (1940) (dir. Thorold Dickinson, wr. A. R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland)
Secondary Sources:
🌐 APA Dictionary of Psychology Definition of “gaslight” (dictionary.apa.org/gaslight)
📰 “Donald Trump is Gaslighting America” (2016) (Duca, Lauren) (www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america)
📼 SciShow Psych: “Gaslighting” (2017) (youtu.be/ImBEhNku_YA?si=QimAV-ZdRhigQDEO)
📚“Adaptation and Appropriation” (2005) (Sanders, Julie)
📼 The Take “Gaslighting, Explained” (2021) (youtu.be/eN4la0xOBdM?si=Fh6tClaShAVnoE8B)
🎞️ “The Truman Show” (1998) (dir. Peter Weir, wr. Andrew Niccol)
📺 “Gaslit” (2022) (Starz) (cr. Robbie Pickering, dir. Matt Ross)
📰 “The Limits of Therapy-Speak” (Volpe, Allie 2023) (www.vox.com/even-better/23769973/limits-therapy-speak-narcissist-gaslighting-trauma-toxic)
📰“‘That’s triggering!’ Is therapy-speak changing the way we talk about ourselves?” (Morgan, Eleanor 2023) (www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/20/triggered-toxic-narcissist-are-you-fluent-in-therapy-speak)
📰 “What is gaslighting?” (Wilkinson, Alissa 2017) (www.vox.com/culture/2017/1/21/14315372/what-is-gaslighting-gaslight-movie-ingrid-bergman)
📰 “How to Spot 'Medical Gaslighting' and What to Do About It.” (Caron, Christina) (www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/well/mind/medical-gaslighting.html)
📺 “Live Your Own Life” (“효심이네 각자도생”) (KBS2 2023-2024)
📰 “Time Magazine 2023 Person of the Year: Taylor Swift” (Lansky, Sam) (time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/)
🎙️ “Stockholm Syndrome” (2018) (You’re Wrong About Podcast)
📰 “Bystander intervention” (Wiki) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_intervention)
📺 “Unbelievable” (Susannah Grant, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon) (2019, Netflix)
🎞️ “They Cloned Tyrone” (dir. Juel Taylor, wr. Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor)
🎞️ “The Stepford Wives” (1975) (dir. Bryan Forbes, wr. William Goldman)
🎞️ “The Girl on the Train” (2016) (dir. Tate Taylor, wr. Erin Cressida Wilson)
📚 “Rosemary’s Baby” (1967) (Levin, Ira)
📚 “The Stepford Wives” (1972) (Levin, Ira)
Recommendations:
Anna:
💿 Boygenius- the Rest (EP) (2023)
Lili:
🎞️ “Your Fat Friend” (2023) (dir. Jeanie Finlay)
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🎹Intromusic🎹:
"Wall" by Jahzaar
🎹Outro Music🎹:
“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua
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🎹Transition Music🎹:
gas burning stove activation and burn by EdR from Pixabay
Old fashioned clock sound by Pixabay
Walking on wooden floorboards by Pixabay
