Advent Calendar Week 3—Midnight Sleigh to Candy Town

The Quibbler: A Harry Potter Book Club

Heather Price-Wright & Alex Dalenberg

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4.8 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what it sounds like when someone who has basically never danced "summarizes" a ballet? Wonder no more, because this week we watched the New York City Ballet's streaming production of The Nutcracker! So naturally we talk about ghosts, illicit sexual desire, the problematic ideals of "multiculturalism" in America, and Alex uses the phrase "wild with grief." But also we talk outfits, don't worry. Merry Christmas Eve!

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0:00.0	Heather, I think we can both agree.
0:03.0	It wouldn't be Christmas without Bofa.
0:06.2	What's Bofa?
0:07.9	Bofa D's Nutcrackers.
0:10.5	You were listening to the Quibbler Advent Calendar,
0:14.1	the podcast for Prima Ballerinas.
0:16.7	Music I'm Heather Price Wright.
0:30.9	And I'm Alex Dallenberg.
0:32.8	And that intro took me by surprise.
0:34.6	You did not prepare me.
0:35.9	And so I paused before I said,
0:38.0	What's Bofa? Because I didn't know that was my line. But it was very funny. So,
0:44.1	as you may have guessed, this is our third Advent calendar episode. We are once again
0:50.1	taking a look at a classic Christmas media property thing.
0:57.5	Franchise?
0:58.3	It's not really a franchise.
0:59.5	It's the Nutcracker.
1:00.3	It's a franchise.
1:01.6	Well, no, it's not because it's just like, no, it's not.
1:05.7	What does that mean?
1:06.3	What makes it a franchise to you?
1:07.7	No, you're completely right.
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