Episode 818: How Often Do You Think about the Tokugawa Shogunate?

Overthinking It Podcast

English - March 04, 2024 05:01 - ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
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On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the new adaptation of “Shogun,” streaming on Hulu.

Episode 818: How Often Do You Think about the Tokugawa Shogunate? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the introductory episodes of Shogun, FX’s new, multi-lingual adaption of James Clavell’s 1975 novel. They discuss they book’s prominent place as a totem of adulthood on their fathers’ night-stands, the Downton Abbey moment (appropriate for a drama of manners and custom), and the various threads of theme, identity, and narrative which weave in and out of the production, and of the plot.

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