Listen "Return to Oz"
Episode Synopsis
Still Scared takes a ramble into the world of the 1985 children's horror classic 'Return to Oz' and the two Oz books it's based on.
In this episode Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray discuss gender play in the Oz books, the tragic fate of Jack Pumpkinhead, and enforced happiness in the original musical, as they get their teeth into the many strange and uncanny aspects of the world of Oz.
Content note: mentions of enforced electric shock treatment in the context of the story.
A full transcript of this episode is available at http://stillscared.podigee.io/5-return-to-oz
In this episode Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray discuss gender play in the Oz books, the tragic fate of Jack Pumpkinhead, and enforced happiness in the original musical, as they get their teeth into the many strange and uncanny aspects of the world of Oz.
Content note: mentions of enforced electric shock treatment in the context of the story.
A full transcript of this episode is available at http://stillscared.podigee.io/5-return-to-oz
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