The Shadow Over Innsmouth
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English - March 17, 2020 00:14 - 55 minutes - 36.8 MBSociety & Culture TV & Film culture critical analysis critical theory pop culture television shows video games anime comics film movies Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Content warning for lots of discussion of racism and some discussion of gender oppression and eugenics.
H.P. Lovecraft is a writer known largely for his "Cthulu Mythos"— think like the book version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, except instead of superheroes, it's ordinary folks losing their minds when confronted with eldritch forces. Lovecraft largely pioneered the genre of cosmic horror... But he was also like, super racist. In this episode, we examine The Shadow Over Innsmouth, one of Lovecraft's more famous tales. We examine the ways in which it revealed some of Lovecraft's racism and bad ideas, and we examine some of the other themes and ideas present in the story.
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