Episode 122: Self Aware Stories

Did You Do Your Homework? | A Pop Culture Podcast

English - January 31, 2022 19:33 - 1 hour - 110 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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What happens when a story knows it's a story? What do you do when you realize you're just a character in someone's narrative? Our episode today is all about self-aware stories and the dawning realization that we may all just be side characters in someone else's book.

Homework for the episode: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (1979); In the Mouth of Madness (1994, dir. John Carpenter); Stranger than Fiction (2006, dir. Marc Forster)