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Episode Synopsis
The Blooms’ household is anything but an abode of bliss.In this episode, topics include: Plumtree’s Potted Meat, Joyce’s love for advertising, the narcotic effect of adspeak, why Plumtree’s Potted Meat is the perfect metaphor for a modern Odysseus, M’Coy’s various scams, Boylan’s metaphorically significant gifts to Molly, Bloom’s missing hour and how his cat helps solve this mystery, Love’s Old Sweet Song, why M’Coy doesn’t turn up at Dignam’s funeral, Mrs. M’Coy, smallpox in Belfast, M’Coy as an unflattering mirror of Bloom, how Plumtree’s Potted Meat reveals Bloom’s connection to Moses, the symbolic motif of the plum in Ulysses, the ritual consumption of flesh, how waste product becomes meat through transubstantiation, Plumtree’s Potted Meat as a magical spell, and what Plumtree’s Potted Meat has in common with The Sopranos.Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive. Please subscribe!On the Blog:Plumtree’s Potted M’CoySocial Media:Facebook | TwitterSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher
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