In this episode, we discuss comedy, writing from a perspective that's not your own, the use of "awkward," and embracing authentic emotion.
Endnotes:
12:58 – The someone is Nick Mullen
22:15 – The actress Claudia Kim plays Nagini in Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. According to the BBC, “Some have criticised the fact the only Asian actor in the cast plays a reptile that is a villain's slave.” “JK Rowling defends Nagini casting in Fantastic Beasts,” BBC,27 Sept. 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45666350
41:35 – Yes, literally. Also last decade.
Content Warnings: Racism, Spoilers for Snowpiercer
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Music by Nicholas Puzzuto
Links to the Artifacts:
Engstrom, Harrison. "Comedy is Dead: A Measured Response," YouTube. 14 Oct. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqOKQ-0m6HE
Shapiro, Lila. "Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story? Ten authors on the most divisive question in fiction, and the times they wrote outside their own identities," Vulture. 30 Oct. 2019, https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/who-gave-you-the-right-to-tell-that-story.html
