Episode 60. Season of the Witch: Witches in Film Part 3, The Witch (2015) and The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Faculty of Horror

Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

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🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 94 minutes

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The past few years have seen the figure of the witch become a cultural touchstone for progressives and conservatives alike. From the resurgence of astrology, tarot, and natural healing methods to feminist rallying cry, the witch has never been more inclusive or divisive. Through analysis of two recent films, Andrea and Alex examine the witch’s […]

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0:00.0	The Oh, Oh, Hi everyone and welcome back to the Faculty of Horror
0:57.2	Podcasting from the Horrid Halls of Academia. I'm Alex West with Andrea
1:01.6	Suvis Sati and we are back to pick up a topic I'm Alex West with Andrea Su Vissati.
1:02.6	And we are back to pick up a topic we put to the side almost three years ago and we really did
1:09.2	think about returning to it for a long time.
1:11.7	As you should know from our last episode we are revisiting
1:15.0	the topic of witches and when we talked about them last which was in May 2015
1:22.2	you know we we were kind of like, I don't know what's next for
1:25.7	witches, I don't know what we talk about next. And then boom, Robert Eggers, the
1:31.4	witch comes out. And then on top of that there seems to be this whole
1:36.6	cultural movement towards the witch. Just in the last couple years I think it had been bubbling below the surface for a little while and we always been interested in it and I think a lot of our listeners probably have, but it's been very different this time to the point where you can go find which stuff in urban
1:54.3	outfitters that's the difference when you know punk went from an underground
1:58.0	scene to being able to buy it you know at the gap that's very different yeah and that's totally how fashion works right is it takes
2:06.7	what's going on in the street and it manifests upward contrary to whatever the devil wears Prada tries to teach you.
2:13.4	That's the direction it goes in.
2:15.1	His fashion is co-opted from the streets,
2:17.4	from the cool people who are as edgy and as far from fashion as possible.
2:21.6	And so, yeah, the figure of the witch
2:23.5	is so hot right now.
2:25.0	It's very mainstream, and I'm not mad about that.
2:29.3	No, I'm not mad about it either.
2:31.3	And it was bubbling under the surface as I said for a
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