Absentee dads, legacy, Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein
You Are Good
English - October 14, 2020 18:13 - 1 hour - 94.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 423 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Kids & Family Parenting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Frankenstein [1931] and Young Frankenstein are about mad scientists who have to come to terms with their creations, sure, but is it possible that movies about men who create monsters have daddy issues to dissect?
Frankenstein is about a man who tries to figure out how to create life without the involvement of his fiancée and—surprise!—he becomes an absentee dad. Young Frankenstein is about a dad who tries the opposite.
Join Sarah and Alex as they discuss.
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In Why Are Dads, Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed attempt to understand what the hell it means to be the grown children of dads and other dad-like figures. And, as they do with all difficult subject matter, they do so by looking through a pop culture lens.
https://www.podpage.com/why-are-dads/