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Skeleton Crew is the BEST Star Wars Show Yet

Have you heard of Skeleton Crew? You might not have... but you should! What makes it special and maybe better than the rest? #StarWars #skeletoncrew #tvshowreview
 
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Does Superman Bleed? James Gunn’s Human Superman

The trailer for Superman begins with our hero vulnerable and broken? Has Superman gone weak? What does it mean for our invulnerable hero?
 
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The Most POWERFUL Musical Moment of Wicked

The film Wicked does something truly brilliant in the score... in fact it does a few things. The most powerful moments of the film are connected by just ONE measure of music... and you will never guess which tune it is!
 
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How The War of the Rohirrim CRUSHES Men

The War of the Rohirrim came through pretty quietly. But is it a good addition to the cinematic world of the Lord of the Rings? And what is it saying of greater depth? Is it challenging the value of men? I think it is!
 
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Does Wicked Get Disability Wrong Part II

In part two of our conversation about Elphaba, Nessa and disability we also look at medicalization of disability and the ways it impacts women. 
 
**Note in this video I made the error of saying "Wheelchair Bound" rather than "Wheelchair User. Upon reflection I realized that the phrase suggests a kind of trapped quality that is inaccurate to the experience. My apologies for that!
 
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Does Wicked Get Disability Wrong? Part I

Wicked is a film that touches on Disability in powerful ways... but does it get it right? Is the change to a wheel chair right? Is being green a disability? And is this just another example of Hollywood using disability for it's own convenience?
 
**Note in this video I made the error of saying "Wheelchair Bound" rather than "Wheelchair User. Upon reflection I realized that the phrase suggests a kind of trapped quality that is inaccurate to the experience. My apologies for that!
 
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The Secret Message of Die Hard: Men are Sad and Lonely

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Well that is a question no philosopher can answer... but there are other things about the movie that will surprise you... like the fact that the movie is fundamentally about a socially embedded fear for men of being cuckolded and abandoned.
 
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Are the Hobbit Movies Secretly Brilliant?

Usually we all agree that the Lord of the Rings Films are better than the Hobbit Trilogy. What, though, if they are secretly saying something significant and deep. Only a little analysis shows significant similarities to one of the most important works of literature... Moby Dick. Are these films responding to Moby Dick... and even expanding on it?
 
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My Wildest Agatha All Along Theory!

There are a lot of interpretations of #AgathaAllAlong, but what might be the strangest theory that still makes sense? I think there is a secret, but obvious, mother in the show that helps us understand where Nicholas Scratch comes from. And it has MASSIVE implications for our own society!
 
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How WICKED is Elphaba?

The film "Wicked" presents a complex and deep character in Elphaba. She certainly is a person deserving of compassion and empathy... but how much of her fate will be her fault? Or, in the end, is it all her fault?
 
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