Les Misérables x Encoding/Decoding with Erin Keif

Material Girls

Rehak Hannah

Harry Potter, Books, Vanessa Zoltan, Hannah Mcgregor, Not Sorry, Tv & Film, Aubrey Gordon, Cultural Cricism, Pop Culture, Marcelle Kosman, Witch Please, Feminism, Fantasy, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We're so lucky to be joined this episode by Erin Keif (she/her) of the beloved Headgum podcasts Hey Riddle Riddle and Sitcom DnD. If you're a fan of Les Mis, or any musical, you'll appreciate this really special episode that covers Stuart Hall's theory of encoding/decoding, while also getting into the lyrics and musicality of the megamusical: Les Misérables.

Hannah guides Marcelle and Erin through a history lesson that covers Thatcherite England and defunding of the arts in the 70s and 80s, while bringing her own relationship to Claude-Michel Schönberg's music and Alain Boublil's lyrics into the conversation. Erin, a musical enthusiast (among other things), brings some much-needed levity (as well as a catchphrase) to a discussion that touches on some more difficult themes including: death, parental loss, and violence against the oppressed.

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Material Girls is a new show that aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.

We'll be back in two weeks for another episode, but until then, be sure to check out all the bonus content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. You can learn more about the show at ohwitchplease.ca and on our instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Want more from us? Check out our website ohwitchplease.ca.

*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is really interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment.

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0:00.0	Oh I need a new mind, a new brain.
0:15.0	I want to take a ride on a mini train.
0:19.0	I want to take a ride on a mini train.
0:22.0	You can have it all
0:24.0	at the chafe.
0:30.0	Hello and Hello and welcome to material girls,, and joining us this week is another thrilling
0:34.4	I'm Hannah McGregor and I'm Marcel Kausman and joining us this week is another
0:40.4	thrilling guest Aaron Aaron Kief,
0:43.4	pronounce she her.
0:45.4	Aaron is a comedian and writer.
0:48.0	She co-hosts the podcast, Hey Riddle Riddle
0:50.4	and sitcom, D&D, and guests on the podcast Hello from the Magic Tavern and also most importantly. She's friends with coach.
0:59.0	Welcome, Aaron. Thank you so much for having me. I feel like this is sort of take your daughter to work day and that doesn't make much
1:05.9	sense because Hannah is not my mother.
1:07.7	Oh okay coach brought me in and I sort of feel that kind of thrill of like this is where she goes
1:15.5	this is amazing. This is where she goes. She goes here so often. I love it.
1:21.6	Shockingly yeah and we're just not going to let her talk up this episode.
1:27.0	It's killing her. She's punching the air. Her nose is bleeding, she's so upset.
1:33.0	Oh my God.
1:35.0	Is her nose bleeding just from rage?
1:36.5	Yes.
1:37.5	Oh, wow.
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