Episode 41. Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters (2016)

Faculty of Horror

Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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After some spectacular “pre-lash” (preemptive backlash) from the online community, Paul Feig’s all-women Ghostbusters has finally hit the screens. Alex and Andrea take a break from their summer sabbaticals to reflect on their love of the original films, what this reboot means to them in terms of representation and why safety lights are for dudes. REQUIRED READING […]

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0:00.0	.
0:30.0	Boo, did we scare you?
0:56.1	Well, it's us, the faculty of horror, podcasting from the hardhalls of academia.
1:01.1	We are supposed to be on a break, but we decided not to, and for those of you who don't
1:05.3	know, I'm Alex West with Andrea Sue Bessatti.
1:09.3	And there are a few things in this world that could take us out of our August hibernation
1:13.6	sabbatical period to come back, even though we love doing this.
1:17.6	This is our kind of time to regenerate and rethink, but something happened, something big
1:22.4	happened in film right now.
1:24.4	And I think we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about it or mention it at the very, very
1:29.4	least.
1:30.4	That's right.
1:31.4	And if you haven't seen the title of our mini episode, we would like to talk about the
1:35.8	Ghostbusters reboot.
1:37.8	It's not an obscure topic.
1:39.2	It's not something that nobody's talking about.
1:41.1	I think even at the time that this mini episode comes out, tongues will still be wagging
1:45.9	and people will still be arguing and arguing quite passionately about this film.
1:51.8	There's something about this film, well, there are many things about this film that's
1:55.4	got horror fans in a bit of a tizzy.
1:59.1	And so we really wanted to get our voices in there because it touches upon some topics
2:04.8	that we feel very strongly about.
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