REmediaL STUDIES, Episode 12: Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement's "What We Do in the Shadows"

Remedial Studies

Apr 18 2018 | 00:50:42

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Show Notes

This week we're up to our elbows in vampires and existential angst. It turns out being immortal is kind of lame. But also funny. In addition to *What We Do in the Shadows*, there are also spoilers for *Only Lovers Left Alive* and *The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle*. Talking Points: the subversion of vampire tropes, old age is brutal, why vampires are so self-centered, *Only Lovers Left Alive*, Hannah's personal vendetta against *The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle*, optimistic and pessimistic nihilism, and the creation of meaning in every day life.

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