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LiliAnna's Preread MediathekThelma and Louise (1991)Get in losers, we’re becoming vigilantes ♥
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That’s right, this month we’re discussing the classic 90s road movie, Thelma & Louise 🚘👩🦰⛰️👩🦰🌵🛣️🚔💰
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So dust off your denim and your cowboy hat, and join us as we explore what rebellion and freedom look like when you're on the run from patriarchy.
Topics we'll be visiting on our journey include: the genre of the Western and 'frontier justice', the road as part of the infrastructure of patriarchy, a...2023-09-021h 09LiliAnna's Preread MediathekBlack Sails (S01 E02)Ahoy once more! 🏴
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The flag you’ve spotted in the distance is no illusion – we’re finally releasing another episode on Black Sails 🏴☠️🏝️⚓
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This month, we’re training our spy glasses on Season 1, Episode 2. Whether it’s tits or fruit, our main focus is VALUE – we’ll be digging into how ideas around value operate within pirate stories with their tropes of buried treasure, gold coins, and treasure maps. And as always, we’ll be exploring the influence of Empire on how worth is ascribed to the object...2023-07-221h 28LiliAnna's Preread MediathekLittle Women (1994/2019) | Part 3Little Women (1994/2019) Part 3 is now LIVE
We’ve reached the final part of our trilogy on Little Women, and the time has come to say good-bye to the March sisters and co… But not before we’ve thoroughly discussed these adaptations one last time!
So join us once more as we examine how the two films treat their male love-interests, how Gerwig reimagines the concept of the ‘family’, and as we question who, or what, we should be directing our criticisms towards when we critique these movies.
Can Little Women be a ‘story for every ge...2023-06-2956 minLiliAnna's Preread MediathekLittle Women (1994/2019) | Part 2One question listeners: are you a Jo, Amy, Beth, or Meg? This episode, we’re discussing characters in the 1994 and 2019 versions of Little Women, and diving deep into subtextual readings and fan interpretations.
We’ll discuss disability, autistic, and queer readings, and try to answer our question: is Little Women a ‘story for every generation’, and why is it so popular?
To listen, just head to the link in our bio, or find us wherever you find podcasts 🎧
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[falling autumn leaves emoji; leaf emoji; stack of books emoji; Christmas tree emoji; falling green leave...2023-05-131h 25LiliAnna's Preread MediathekLittle Women (1994/2019) | Part 1If the main character is a girl, make sure she is married by the end. Or dead. Either way – Little Women (2019)
Hello again listeners!
After a short hiatus, we are back! And we’re very excited to be bringing you a three part discussion on the cultural phenomenon that is Little Women. 👭🏼👭🏻
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For our discussions, we’ll be focusing on two of the most beloved adaptations of the original 19th century novel: Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 film, starring Winona Ryder as Jo, and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 versio...2023-03-231h 07LiliAnna's Preread MediathekWrap-Up 2022And that's a wrap! 🎬 [clapper board emoji]
To mark our first year of properly running the podcast, we've recorded a round-up episode reflecting on lessons learned in 2022, goals for 2023, and our top 3 media picks of the year (disclaimer: very few of them actually came out in 2022).
To skip to when we start talking about our favourite media, head to 29:42 😉 [emoji of winky face].
Thank you to everyone who joined us in 2022 – guests, listeners, commenters – it's such a joy to have people listen to and interact with our little podcast, and we love you all 💜 [purple heart emoji]
T...2023-01-071h 13LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek(500) Days of Summer (2009) | Part 2Hello, listeners! And, to complete the mysterious duology that is #500DaysOfSummer, we're proud to announce that Part 2 is now live!
Joined once more by the wonderful Loretta, we’ll be talking about:
🔹The 'male gaze' and what it represents
🔹The role of romcoms in teaching us how relationships should be structured
🔹 And why these characters are acting like teenagers when they’re supposed to be almost 30 🙄.
It might be grey outside, but it's all blue skies and big sunglasses on LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek 👗😎☀️🏙️🕶️
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📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https...2022-11-221h 16LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek(500) Days of Summer (2009) | Part 1Hey listeners, we’re back with a new episode!
Summer is over… and as the months get colder, what better way to stay warm than to snuggle up with a feel-good romcom? But looking back over a decade later, is “(500) Days of Summer” (2009) still the subversive, charming film we remember? Or will closer inspection reveal a different story…
Head to the link in our bio for discussions on unreliable narrators, late noughties fashion sensibilities, and the now infamous trope: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl ☀️👗📆 🏙️
Also massive thanks to our very special guest Loretta for joining us for the dis...2022-11-011h 16
LiliAnna's Preread MediathekOur Flag Means Death (S1) | Part 2Ahoy and avast! We’re BACK with a second swashbuckling episode discussing Season One of #OurFlagMeansDeath! 🏴☠️🐈☠️🍊⚔️Join us and special guest Lucy as we explore the role of monstrosity in empire, how the show connects trauma and revenge, the theme of retirement, found family, and much, much more 🌊⛵🐚🐟 🧜🏽♀️⚓🌴🕊️
Massive spoiler warning for the finale of Black Sails Season Four - if you haven’t watched the show already, go away now and watch it, and then come listen to our episode!
And if you haven’t already, you can check out our first episode on the show here or wherever you listen to podcasts
Prerea...2022-07-021h 19LiliAnna's Preread MediathekOur Flag Means Death (S1) | Part 1Hear ye hear ye! Please join us in welcoming for its debut on our podcast, the HBO sleeper hit, and gay pirate rom-com of our hearts, Our Flag Means Death! 🏴☠️🐈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
This will be our first of two episodes focusing on season 1 of OFMD, in which we are once again joined by dear friend of the podcast, Lucy. Topics include the idea of piracy as performance, written and oral histories, the radical politics of eccentricity, piracy as a queer genre, queerbaiting, and of course we can’t talk about queer pirates without talking about our other favourite pirate show, Black Sails 🏴☠️
So whethe...2022-06-161h 26LiliAnna's Preread MediathekTop 5 Bob's Burgers SongsLoved the Bob’s Burgers Movie and hungry for more? 😋 Still desperately waiting to watch it and trying to survive without new episodes? 😱 Well fear not, because we’re here to tide you over with more Bob’s Burgers content! 🍔🍟 ⚪🔴🔵🟡🟢
In this episode we’re doing things a little differently from our usual format. We'll be going through our Top Five Bob’s Burgers Songs 🎶(plus honourable mentions, because we couldn’t limit ourselves to five 👀).
Which will be number one? Will you agree with our choices?? And, most pressingly, will they all be Boyz4Now songs??? Tune in to find out… 🎧
...2022-06-0159 minLiliAnna's Preread MediathekPassing (1929/2021)This episode: PASSING DOUBLE BILL! 🎞️ 📖
Snubbed at the Oscars (but not by us!! 😆) this episode we’re discussing Rebecca Hall’s magnificent directorial debut “Passing” (2021) alongside Nella Larson's acclaimed 1929 novel of the same name! 👒 👩🏽❤️👩🏼 🎺
Today’s episode goes in-depth on adaptation theory, as we try to understand how our different interactions with the original and adapted text shaped our interpretations of the story. We also discuss: adapting problematic tropes, ambiguous endings and “Little Women” (2019), how to translate a narrator’s voice into film (spoiler alert: don’t use a voice over), how academic theory influences adaptation and public perception, and why Irene, Clare, and Brian would have been the best Ha...2022-04-072h 24LiliAnna's Preread MediathekWe Are Lady Parts (2021) | Season 1Grab your guitars punks, because headlining this month’s episode is WE ARE LADY PARTS, the channel 4 sitcom from Nida Manzoor! 🎸🎤👩🏾🎤 🎶 In this episode we discuss: the politics of self-representation, the privilege of not ‘selling out’, rom com tropes, boob sound effects, the dangers of ‘going mainstream’, and whether or not “We Are The Champions” is a good song (spoiler: it’s not. But the show makes it work!). Tickets for this very exclusive event are free 🎟️ 😉 just click the link in our bio or find us on your podcatcher of choice! 🎵
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📺 We Are Lady Parts (2019) by Nida Manzoor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10846104/
📼 Preread text...2022-03-071h 16LiliAnna's Preread MediathekYesterday (2019)I say hello (hello hello)! 🎶 We are SO EXCITED to bring you our episode on Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday,” the film where everyone in the world has forgotten the Beatles. Everyone, except Jack🕺🏾🎸 But are the Beatles REALLY transcendental, or is their music culturally specific? To find out, we are joined by our FIRST EVER GUEST Lucy !!! who did not grow up with the Beatles and so can prove definitively whether or not their music hits the same as it did in the 60s 🐞🐜🐝🕷️
We had an absolute blast discussing the ethics of public proposals, why you should never meet your heroes, t...2022-03-021h 57LiliAnna's Preread MediathekBoyz 4 Now | Bob's Burgers S3 E21Come closer and let us *whisper in your eyes* 👁️👄👁️, because it’s time to discuss the Bob’s Burgers episode “Boyz 4 Now,” and everyone’s favourite fictional pre-teen boy band🕺👯♂️👨🎤. Whether you’re team Griffin, Boo Boo, or an Allencaholic, you’re sure to find this episode *so interesting*, as we explore how Bob’s Burgers lovingly subverts, parodies, and plays with our preconceptions of the ‘boy band’. We also discuss the mechanics of comedy in animation, the art of tablescaping, and Tina Belcher as a millennial feminist icon. There’s only one thing left to say… Will you be mine? Coal mine? 💎⛏️ *autotune intensifies*
Als...2021-12-291h 11LiliAnna's Preread MediathekNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, or maybe yes?? Either way, in this episode we’re talking about the 1984 film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and the movie that led to the creation of Studio Ghibli.*
Join us as we explore how Nausicaa subverts our preconceptions about sci-fi and apocalyptic dystopia, its depiction of humanity’s relationship to the natural world, and why we should stop trying to keep insects out of our homes and embrace them as our many-feelered siblings 🦠🐞🐛🐜. *
In the episode we say that Nausicaa was...2021-10-021h 15LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek"Black Sails" PilotPlease bear with us as we begin our voyage into Black Sails, and Anna tries to figure out how to pronunce Boatswain (“in my defense, English words make no sense” 😤).
Dive deep (🙈haha🙈) with us into the pilot episode of the Starz show “Black Sails”. We’ll be looking at plot, gender performance, representation, pirate history, and colonisation.
How does the blank piece of paper get into Flint’s hand? What role does shame and gossip play in civilization? Where do our ideas of pirates come from? How are men depicted? How are women? What gender performances are displayed? Whose gaze is it serving?
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LiliAnna's Preread MediathekIntro EpisodeHello and welcome to LiliAnna’s Preread Mediathek! In this, our pilot episode, we give a quick overview of who we are and what we’ll be talking about in the coming episodes. Note: We recorded this outside back in June, which is why you get the lovely/slightly distracting summer ambiance, so apologies for that!
Things we mention:
We play a little bit fast and loose with the definition of ‘preread text’ in this episode, so if you want a more concise/ precise definition you can watch Rowan Ellis’ video on preread texts (and Black Sail...2021-08-2125 minLiliAnna's Preread MediathekLiliAnna's Preread Mediathek Trailer* Coming Sat 21st August! *
Introducing LiliAnna’s Preread Mediathek - the podcast where we analyse and discuss audience preconceptions of media from a queer, feminist lens! (yeah!)
We are Anna and Lili, friends and movie nerds from Bavaria (Anna) and Bristol (Lili). In each episode we'll be looking at a different piece of media, from films and TV shows to documentaries. We'll be discussing:
> What do we as audience members know, or think we know, about this piece of media?
> What theories and context could we apply?
> And most im...2021-08-1302 min