EP19: Revolutionary Girl Utena (pt. 1)

In which Alex & Cass discuss the first 23 episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara  and produced by J.C. Staff. 

Next month we will be discussing the rest of Revolutionary Girl Utena, as well as Adolescence of Utena.

Discussed: we did not finish watching this show, friend of the show Bobby Newmark from the William Gibson novel Count Zero, comparing this show to evangelion, weird shit, air bud, when this show takes place, ancien régime, golden girls anime, anime about old people, 90s ass portable tvs,  ⟨th⟩ as /θ/ vs /ʃ/ in Japanese, absolute destiny apocalypse, cambrian, oldovian, silurian, devonian, dna, molecules, anthropocentrism,  baby boomer beatnik bullshit, alex and cass try to remember the word "boutonnière", taking the black pill, this show's awkward relationship with race, being disappointed continually, vaguely incestuous dynamics, knowing what i mean, The Curry Episode, nine billion fold curry, cowstian dior, telling your problems to the elevator, having no choice but to revolutionize the world, a planetarium projector, venting your spleen, certain things, not knowing what i mean, saionji and touga as right-wing youtubers, mean girls, one hundred strapping young lads, one thousand strapping young lads, one billion strapping young lads, nine billion fold strapping young lads, being imprisoned by the past, having dread, The Great Gatsby  

Alex's Book Recommendation: All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir

Cass's Book Recommendation: Into The Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade

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