Alicia and Sarah change directions in the superhero world with their discussion of the Academy Award winning film, Everything Everywhere All at Once. They look at culture, relationships, the superhero motif, and all things multiverse. At the end of this week’s discussion, they talk about the things they've been reading, watching, and analyzing outside of the classroom.
Literary terms of the week: Cultural integrity, Exoticism, Superhero, Multiverse
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Music by Craig Harmann
Cover art by Matt Holman
Show notes:
30-second summary
Why Everything Everywhere All at Once?
Showtime
Literary terms of the week:
A Guide to Selecting Multicultural Literature
Cultural Integrity
Avoidance of Exoticism
READ, READ, READ
6 Common Plot Elements of Superhero Fiction
An urban metropolis setting
A superpower, often enabled by a specialized item
A dramatic origin story
A secret identity
A supervillain adversary
An iconic sidekick
Multiverse
Term first used in 1895 “to refer to the confusing moral meaning of natural phenomena and not to other possible universes”
Immigrant double identity
Choices
What are we enjoying right now?
Alicia: Animal Control (TV on Hulu), Poetry Unbound (Padraig O. Tuama)
Sarah: Orphan Train by Christine Baker Kline (book), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (movie)
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