Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast
Deep Thoughts about The Shining
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On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily breaks down the horror masterpiece, The Shining. The sisters walk through the ways in which Shelley Duvall’s portrayal of Wendy Torrance is an unexpected feminist icon, how Kubrick created an intentionally incoherent film while abusing his actors (except for 6-year-old Danny Lloyd), and just what is up with the theory that the film is a critique of the genocide of Native Americans. Also: Emily shares her deeply held belief that moving hedge animals are NOT SCARY.
Jump on your big wheel, throw on your headphones and listen…if you dare!
CW: Discussions of domestic violence, child sexual assault, murder, and genocide
Mentioned in this episode:
"MAZES, MIRRORS, DECEPTION AND DENIAL" by Rob Ager
The September House by Carissa Orlando
https://www.salon.com/2013/10/04/stanley_kubrick_misogynist_partner/
Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-shining-1980
Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.
We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com
We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.