Next Door Villain

Special guest episode with Annie Prafcke, host of Misfits! Annie and I relate to, empathize with, and learn from O-Ren Ishii from Kill Bill Vol. 1. Cottonmouth has sliced and diced our minds in more ways than we thought. Wooooeeee. We talk: O-Ren Ishii and identity, violence as a way to maintain power, Tarantino, what our villainous traits are, and much more. At the end, we share haiku and tanka poetry written about and from the perspective of O-Ren!

Annie Prafcke is a writer and podcaster based in Austin, TX. Her most recent podcast is called Misfits, a show about people who feel like black sheep in their communities because of their identities.

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Sources: 

Katona, Leah Andrea, "The Use of Violence as Feminist Rhetoric: Third-Wave Feminism in Tarantino's Kill Bill Films" (2008). Theses Digitization Project. 2759. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2759

Mattern, E. (2014). Caucasian Girls and Samurai Swords: Dualism in Kill Bill. First Class: A Journal of First-Year Composition, 2015 (1). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/first-class/vol2015/iss1/10

Blowin' things up, the release of fear, reclamation of good power, what would YOUR alter ego be like, and way more are discussed in this episode where we try to understand the perspective of and empathize with Tyler Durden from Fight Club! At the end, I, Tiana, share a Fight Club poem written by yours truly.

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There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie- but we wonder if knowing these rules matters at all as we discuss the notorious Ghostface killer from the original Scream (1996) movie. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT, we attempt to empathize with the murderous duo Billy and Stu. Tiana lets out her inner serial killer as she stalks Joe over the phone, Joe gets on a big ole soapbox about why we empathize with villains, and we both wonder what might set us off on a murderous spree.

Hello, Hap. Special guest episode! I, Tiana, talk with mega-passionate-fan-of-The-OA, Mandy Paris, about the real evil scientist, Hap from The OA! We talk: the necessity of Hap, the implications of finding out what happens after you die, what YOUR "shadow" is, OA shenanigans, and much much more. Plus we share a poem written from the perspective of Hap! #SaveTheOA 

Mandy Paris is a a wedding photographer and marketing and communications professional based in Minneapolis, MN. To take a look at her amazing (oftentimes OA-inspired) photography and book a session with her, check out https://mandyparis.com/. Her Instagram is @mandyparisphotography. Episode cover art of Hap is also done by the amazing Mandy Paris. 

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What would you do if your toys just, like, came alive? We answer what we'd do & we discuss: blowing toys up, where smithereens go, what toys we would be, weird activism vibes from Sid, and more all in an effort to empathize with and relate to our favorite punk-kid-that-blows-toys-up, Sid from Toy Story. Things get silly and weird. "Time for lift off!" - Sid 

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We discuss Alien aka Xenomorph from Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986); we reference Prometheus (2012) a tad. We try to relate to, understand, and empathize with Alien from our perspective and get creepy! We talk: cats, a mother's rage, placing human-like emotions onto beings like Alien, and much more. Can Alien have human emotions? Should Alien be considered an animal like those on Earth? Uhhhh we get into some weird discussion.

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Would you get punished by Krampus for being naughty this year? Y'know, dragged to hell, eaten, swatted with a switch, and the like? You might have a better idea after listening to this episode. We talk: mysterious facts about Krampus, St. Nick companionship, how a little darkness in the holiday season is spicy, and much, much more. *In the tune of the song, Let's Get Physical*: Let's get devilish! Devilish! I wanna be deviliiiiish!! Also - Joe recites Tiana's juicy poem written from the perspective of Krampus. 

To learn even more about Krampus, check out the book, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by Al Ridenour. 

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Yippee Ki Yay ~ it's time to get our "Very Merry German Holiday Month" on by attempting to learn from and relate to the very German villain, Hans Gruber, from the movie Die Hard (1988)! If you thought it would be sehr hard to do this with Hans, you are correct. We talk: Holy moly - Han's plan was insane in the membrane; learning from Hans that sometimes things need to [figuratively] explode to eventually work; the importance of preparation; and much more. Joe shares a blackout poem of his that relates to the mysterious Hans. To create a blackout poem, you cross out words/sentences in an existing text, book, or other prose to create a poem. 

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Home Alone is the story of a sadistic child who attempts to torture and murder a couple of lowly criminals. This week Joe and Tiana empathize with the infamous Wet Bandits aka Sticky Bandits aka Harry and Marv.

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Listen to this, Potteh! We "slytherin" to do a deep dive talk on the light-haired meanie, Draco! It's not easy to relate to and understand Draco, but we do our best. He's just a warlock youngin'! Even if he is one of the more frightening ones. It gets so heated that Tiana starts yelling (-ish). We talk: whether Draco is a coward, Draco's emotional suppression, occlumency, ferrets, and more! Come listen, Potterheads!

We feature literary art written from the perspective of Draco Malfoy and written by María Ferenaz! María is a 19 year old student from Argentina. In her free time, she likes to write, read and crochet!

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