Pray for Rain

Episode 3. Why There Aren't Any Dentists in Avatar


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In this episode of Pray for Rain, I audit one of the most grating cliches in modern media and look at exactly what James Cameron gets wrong about the Na’vi


0:00 — The IMAX Hallucination

5:28 — James Cameron and the "Noble Savage" Trope

10:39 — Braveheart & Amadeus: Killing the Record

14:24 — Why the Wild West was actually safer than you think

18:25 — The Nuance of Colonialism

31:22 — The 3,000 Statues of Arthur Cotton

37:19 — The Problem with "Presentism" in Film

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Pray for RainBy Jack Willis