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Episode 421: Didier Ghez!
Episode 421 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). This week I talk with Disney historian Didier Ghez about the joys of research and forging one’s own path as a historian. TEXTS DISCUSSED Continue reading
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Episode 414: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Review, with Todd James Pierce!
Episode 414 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, I talk with creative writer and Disney historian Todd James Pierce about the new Disney’s Hollywood Studios attraction that let’s Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #267: Fist of the North Star
The Curator of Schlock #267 by Jeff Shuster Fist of the North Star Welcome all my friends to the show that never ends. My MacBook Pro power cord died on me again. This happens from time to time. Maybe I need to hang it up and buy a PC. So I’ll be wrapping up Anime Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #266: Twilight of the Cockroaches
The Curator of Schlock #266 by Jeff Shuster Twilight of the Cockroaches Not to be confused with Grave of the Fireflies. The VHS cassette box for Twilight of the Cockroaches, a live action/anime hybrid movie, has a quote from Richard Harrington of The Washington Post. He says, “Could do for cockroaches what ‘The Secret of NIMH’ Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #265: The Professional: Golgo 13
The Professional: Golgo 13 Sex & Violence: The Motion Picture I was on a James Bond kick around the same time I started getting into state of the art Japanese animation. Naturally, I wanted these two interests to converge in the form of an anime that resembled a Bond film. Eventually, I would discover Lupin the Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #264: Lily C.A.T.
The Curator of Schlock #264 by Jeff Shuster Lily C.A.T. Not for kids. Streamline Pictures was instrumental in bringing state of the art Japanese animation to the United States back in the early 90s. It wasn’t marketed as anime like it is now. There was no existing audience for Japanese animation like there is today. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #263: Alita: Battle Angel
The Curator of Schlock #263 by Jeff Shuster Alita: Battle Angel I liked it. I’ve got nothing prepared this week. Digging up schlock from decades upon decades of film is hard work. I took a break and went to movies, went to check out the latest James Cameron milestone, Alita: Battle Angel. Not that James Cameron Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #28: On Indignation
Pensive Prowler #28 by Dmetri Kakmi On Indignation Late in January, first thing in the morning, I received this on Facebook messenger: ‘You want to laugh at kids being groomed again come to my gym and do it on the mats. Will knock your ass straight the fuck out so a [sic] can laugh at Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #242: Batman Ninja
The Curator of Schlock #242 by Jeff Shuster Batman Ninja Batman + Ancient Japan = Awesome! Batman Day has come and gone. The Sewer King display at The Museum of Schlock was a resounding success with a whole five patrons’ eyes transfixed on the five animation cells from The Underdwellers episode of Batman: The Animated Series that Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #240: Batman: Under the Red Hood
The Curator of Schlock #240 by Jeff Shuster Batman: Under the Red Hood They killed Robin! How could they do that? Batman Day may be September 15th, but it’s Batman Month here at The Museum of Schlock. I will be dressed as my favorite Batman villain, the Sewer King, a kind of evil version of Continue reading
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