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A Spooky & Gay Crossover! Part 2: Midsommar
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After a little unplanned hiatus, Popculty is BACK with Part 2 of our Halloween crossover event! Friend of the pod and Spooky & Gay co-host Carver Casey joins me once again to slice and dice Ari Aster's second film, Midsommar-- the one we actually liked (mostly)! Is it a 'good for her' movie? Cult propaganda? A surprisingly cathartic exploration of grief? We've got thoughts! Plus, side-trips into final girls, the dark history of dance marathons, and of course, Florence Pugh supremacy.
Carver's horror recs:
Next of Kin (1982) dir. Tony Williams
12-Hour Shift (2020) dir. Brea Grant
Pet (2016) dir. Carles Torrens [TW: Not for the squeamish!]
SJ's horror recs:
Evil (4 seasons, Paramount+)
Dead Ringers (1 season, Amazon Prime)
The Last of Us (1 season, HBO/Max)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) dir. Halina Reijn
Fear Street trilogy (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak
References:
- Midsommar, except it's just Dani looking at Christian like he's the shittiest boyfriend ever, set to Wii music
- Florence Pugh on the Off Menu podcast
- The Grim, Depression-Era Origins of Dance Marathons - Atlas Obscura
- Atlas Obscura podcast: Hargaberget
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Chapters
1. Summary (??) and trigger warnings for 'Midsommar' (00:00:00)
2. Our viewing experiences (00:01:43)
3. Christian: Gaslight, Gatekeep, GTFO (00:05:06)
4. Folk Horror (00:08:34)
5. Foreshadowing FTW (00:09:09)
6. The details! (00:11:39)
7. Florence Pugh supremacy (00:13:18)
8. Good for her? (00:18:54)
9. Florence Pugh: "I felt immense guilt for leaving Dani" (00:23:39)
10. Race: hits and misses (00:27:27)
11. Some things we like (00:33:57)
12. Collective grief vs. individualism (00:35:01)
13. The dark history of dance marathons (00:41:09)
14. The Harga folk legend (00:42:38)
15. Connecting 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' (00:45:22)
16. A purging of grief: The end scene dissected (00:46:28)
17. Morals of the story (00:49:07)
18. Ableism (and sooo many white guys) again! (00:49:55)
19. Is Dani a Final Girl? (00:53:22)
20. What would a gender-swapped version of this movie look like? (00:56:33)
21. Horror recommendations (00:58:20)
22. Signing off (01:02:35)
23. Outro (01:04:13)
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