8 - Ghostbusters Part 2: Creeponomics & Dan the Man

08/10/2023 1h 49min

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Is Ghostbusters the most American movie ever made? Your Ghost Hosts answer this and other questions you never asked in Part II of II on Ghostbusters (1984). We discuss the iconic film through multiple critical lenses including immigration, invaders, Orientalism, Spiritualism, the Occult, and Ghosthunting Capitalism.Make contact:@[email protected]“Opening Up” in Men, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol Clover“Immigrants as aliens in the Ghostbusters films” by Zoila ClarkOrientalism by Edward SaidAnderson, Matthew N., and Collin L. Brown. ""We're Ready to Believe You!": Spiritualism and the Interpretation of Paranormal Experience in Ghostbusters (1984)." The Paranormal and Popular Culture, 2019, pp. 133-146.Podcast Episode: “How the Evangelical Machine Got Made” by The Experiment Podcast Series: The Orange Wave: A History of the Religious Right Since 1960https://www.apollo-magazine.com/rudolf-steiner-occult-modernism/https://superweirdsubstance.com/nikola-tesla/

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