Episode 25: Blackbeard the Pirate and Cutthroat Island Comparison with Dr. Jamie Goodall
The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast
Release Date: 11/29/2022
Episode 49: The Dojo's Top Ten Films of 2024
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On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast we are capping off the end of the year with another "best of List." This episode is designed to be a companion piece to my Final essay for 2024 on the blog: The Films that Encapsulate 2024. As with the list on the blog, this episode's list is not a list of the films that are the most Sociologically relevent, but rather, the films that I saw in 2024 that I gave 4 stars and above to on Because of the function of lists, I will not be including detailed production notes for the episode as that will inevitably spoil the films on...
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Episode 48: Teacher Representations in Film with Dr. Jeremy Delamarter
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On this Month's Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Jeremy Delamarter, Associate Professor and Chair of the Education Department at Saint Martin's University, joins the host to discuss the representation of teachers in film. They discuss the differences between "effective" and "affective" teaching, how teachers are conditioned to exploit themselves through it's origin in religious doctrine, the white savior trope, and why teachers on film are so damn inspiring! This episode really does "Stand and Deliver" the "Dangerous Minds" of "Freedom Writers" who shout "Here comes the Boom!"...
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Episode 47: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with Dr. Rebecca Gibson
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On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, return guest, Dr. Rebecca Gibson and I analyze Ana lily Amirpour's debut film: the goth girl German expressionist Iranian vampire spaghetti western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. We talk about fangs, feminism and bloody fun (with more than a few tangents) Enjoy! Happy Halloween! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-3:03 Catch-up with Dr. Gibson's work 3:04-22:23 Sex with Robots Conference Update discussion and Meeting Keanu Basics of 'A Girl': 22:24-45:32 Dr. Gibson's Experience with Amirpour's work Plot Synopsis Genre...
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Episode 46: Rustin with Dr. Brittany Friedman
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On this Month's Episode of the Sociologist's Dojo Dr. Brittany Friedman Assistant Professor of Sociology at USC and the author of the forthcoming book: discuss the 2023 Biopic Rustin. After a brief discussion of their upcoming work, Dr. Friedman and your Host dive into Rustin as an organizing film and whether or not we consider it a Biopic. We then look at the film through a historical lens before sociologically analyzing its overall themes. Apologies for a lack of detailed Production notes and Time codes on this episode. Time of production caused them to be ommitted. They will...
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Episode 45: Barbarian with Dr. Jaime Hartless
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On this month's episode of , Horror Scholar Dr. Jaime Hartless returns to talk about the 2022 film Barbarian. Topics that we discuss include: COVID filmmaking, the dangers of Reganite Capitalism, problems of police power and A LOT about The Rape Culture. Never share a rental property with a stranger, and never go into the basement. Enjoy! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-2:39 Update on Dr. Hartless 2:40-10:00 Work on Witches Paper on Queer Ghost Hunting Book: Allyship in Social movements Policy towards police at PRIDE Events Neve Cambell returning...
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Episode 44: Mad Max: Fury Road with Dr. Maricio Quilpatay
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On this Month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Maricio Quilpatay, Teaching and Curriculum Officer in the School of Languages and Culture at the University of Syndey and I are driving down the Fury Road to discuss George Miller's 2015 chaotic, chrome encrusted, cinematic cacophony Mad Max: Fury Road. Our conversation covers the topics of political allegories, masculinity, capitalistic validation and linguistic legitimacy. "WITNESS" this fantastic episode! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-2:25 Basics of Dr. Quilpatay 2:43-8:56 Sociological Background Work on ...
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Bonus Episode: The 2024 Love and Sex with Robots Conference with Dr. Rebecca Gibson
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On this bonus episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, frequent guest, Dr. Rebecca Gibson comes back on the Podcast to discuss the upcoming being held at the University of Quebec at Montreal on August 24-25th 2024. Enjoy! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-1:08 The Conference Discussion 1:09-19:51 Synopsis, Goals and Expectations 'Her' Reference Interigating Industry people about ethics Shout out International and Interdisciplanary Involvement eliminates Insecurity around A.I. Dr. Gibson's Presentation Dr. Gibson's Most anticipated Events Key Note...
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Episode 43: Charlie the Lonesome Cougar with Dr. Candace Korasick
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On this Month's Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Candace Korasick Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Texasd A+M University: Central Texas and I discuss the 1967 Disney Docudrama "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar" Join us as we talk about animal selfhood, Disney's need to control nature and the white rapping styles of Rex Allen. Enjoy! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-2:06 Basics of Dr. Korasick 2:07-49:01 Educational background Human/Animal relationship focus Collaborative relationship between dogs and humans What they "stan" for in Popular Culture "Surprisingly...
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Episode 42: The Bruce Lee Episode Part III: "The (Social Justice) Warrior" with Dr. Ted Preston.
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On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo, The Bruce Lee Trilogy with Dr. Ted Preston of Rio Hondo College concludes with a discussion of the differences between eastern and western fight choreography, before diving into the various sociologically relevant themes in Bruce Lee's filmography. Enjoy! Don't forget to Listen to: Production Notes: Intro: (0:00-2:05) Previously on... In Media Res Fight Choreography Rant (2:05-25:22) Differences between Eastern and Western Fight Choreography "In Camera" vs. "The edit" What is the fight's purpose? Action vs. Martial Arts...
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Episode 41: The Bruce Lee Episode: Part II "The Icon and The Movie Star." with Dr. Ted Preston
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On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Ted Preston, Professor of Philosophy at Rio Hondo College and I continue our lengthy discussion about Bruce Lee. In Part II of this trilogy, we finish up our converstation on Lee's philisophical motivations and then spend much of the episode placing Lee in historical context through looking at his image, icon status and legacy Enjoy! Look for Part III out in May Production Notes Intro: 0:00-2:20 Previously on: In Media Res Prologue Motivations and Consequences: 2:21-23:58 A...
info_outlineOn this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, we be talking Pirates! Specifically, this episode will conduct a social and historical comparison between 1952's Blackbeard The Pirate and 1995's Cutthroat Island Historian and Pirate Scholar Dr. Jamie Goodall returns to the podcast to talk about her new book Pirates and Privateers: From Long Island Sound to Delaware Bay as wll as the numerous and sometimes cringe inducing historical inaccuracies of these two films and the differences of what consitutes a "Studio Picture" four decades apart. So Hoist the sails and batten down the hatches, for we be sailing into the wind of some really bad cinema!
Production Notes:
Intro: 0.00-1:07
Discussion of Dr. Goodall's new Book (1:07-33:28)
- More Narrative (1630-1720's)
- Brief Synposis
- The Importance of Burlington NJ
- A "Pieces of Eight" Conversion
- Pirates and Privateers
- The Captain Kidd Influence
- Black Salors and the Enslaved
- Politics and Pirates
- Dr. Goodall's Next Book
Basics of the Films (33:29-41:27)
- Background
- Plot Synopsis
Historical Context (41:47-60:55)
- Birth of Cinematic Pirate Talk
- Two Timelines
- Cuthhroat's (Many) Inaccuracies
- No desire for Historical Accurracy in Blackbeard used as an escape
- Cutthroat trying to bring about "a bit time return" for the Pirate film (and Failing)
- The Counter Culture of the Indie Movie scene of the 1990's
- The Problem with depicting white slaves
- Tokenism and Frivality as a shield against criticism
Social Analysis (61:10-87:48)
- Studio driven pictures
- Different results (Blackbeard vs. Cutthroat)
- The wasted potiential of Cutthroat Island
- Gendered Double Standards
- Cutthroat Inaccuracies part II
- Film as "Soft Power"
- The Faculty responsibility to correct "realistic " portrayals
- Reality is more Diverse than Fiction
- Plugs and Alternate Titles
Outtro: 87:49-89:21
- All audio Clips were used under Faire Use
Stick around for:
- Brian and Jamie Bagging on Indiana Jones as a Faculty Member
- A Few Special guests :)
Links:
Dr. Goodall's Previous Episode
The Blog's Current Director Series: Karyn Kusama
Follow Dr. Goodall through her Website which links to all her socials