We round out a month of "feminine monster" movies with one of my personal favorites, and our belated return to Toho Studios' house of destruction spectacle. Today's topic is "Mothra," a deceptively flamboyant fantasy flick that's jam-packed with political and religious imagery.Bibliography:Susan Sontag, "The Imagination of Disaster" (1965)Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski, "Ishiro Honda: A Life In Film - From Godzilla to Kurosawa" (2017)Donate to 70+ community bail, mutual aid, and racial justice organizing funds across the country: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfundsgeorge_floydAll original music courtesy of Niel Jakobyhttps://nieljacoby.bandcamp.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterCrazeMemoirsOfficialiTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-craze-memoirs/id1491963648Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3aSrQ5JFez33XuVanaFYIwPocket Casts: https://pca.st/lkra63chSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-3949861YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB_GcDWtQj_2wGEnlAB7P4AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Monster-Craze-Memoirs-106199087480182/Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennethJWaste2