Lit After Dark

Dark 101 - Secrets

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Tommy, Josh, and Jenn analyze the first episode of Netflix's Dark! In our spoiler-free discussion, we clarify the family trees, discuss Nietzche, existentialism, symbolism, and etymology here. We also talk about the merits of watching the show in German with English subtitles or watching the English dub. What on earth is going on in Winden with the missing child problem?


Spoiler-Free Family Tree Information for Season 1 Episode 1: https://rb.gy/8mykv2

Items referenced in our discussion:

  1. Twix Wikipedia - https://rb.gy/ihrozf ||
  2. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive - https://rb.gy/jjax89 ||
  3. DARK Title Sequence - https://rb.gy/cxryqw ||
  4. "The Sonnet" by Dante Gabriel Rosetti  - This is the poem Tommy mis-attributed to Shakespeare - https://rb.gy/ohsf37 ||
  5. Macbeth's "Tomorrow" soliloquy by William Shakespeare - https://rb.gy/dbl3on ||
  6. Nietzche's eternal recurrence - https://rb.gy/h0xaw2 ||
  7. Master Ugwe from Kung Fu Panda - https://rb.gy/ciksoq ||
  8. Tree on the box references: Yggdrasil - https://rb.gy/ouzphj || , Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - https://rb.gy/68hluf ||
  9. Etymology Library - https://www.etymonline.com/ 


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