Mermaids, Media and ‘Splash’ | Myth Movie Night
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
We all need a little bit of escapism in times like this, so we’re taking a voyage under the seas to examine the Tom Hanks movie Splash, and how we see mermaids in media. We also ask the very important question: How would a mermaid ride a dolphin?
Media mentioned in this episode:
- The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon
- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
- Surgical Humanization in H. C. Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” by Lori Yamato
- Tabletop Potluck
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of Covid19, drowning, eugenics, NSFW discussions about fish people, accidental death, intense weather, colonialism, homophobia, misogyny, ableism, and enslavement.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel! Buy a copy and see our new lists of previous recommendations, guest books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
- Multitude: Listen to HORSE episode 45 for a haunted hotel story. Join the MultiCrew at multicrew.club, and check out Next Stop in your podcast player or nextstopshow.com!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.0 | Every week, we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:07.9 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.0 | And we are still here, bringing you episode 172, Mermaids, Media, and Splash for Myth Movie Night. |
| 0:14.3 | Yeah, we know it's a bit of a rough time right now for a lot of people. And we thought a myth movie night was the perfect time to kind of |
| 0:21.5 | have you guys sit down, watch a movie while you're at home, and we can talk about it. |
| 0:26.9 | Absolutely. And very happy to report that Tom Hanks is doing all right and in recovery. |
| 0:31.2 | And we're happy to hear it. Absolutely. We feel very fortunate to be able to bring some routine |
| 0:36.0 | and laughs and normalcy to your week as all of us, you know, figure out what's next and take care of our loved ones and stay responsibly indoors. |
| 0:45.0 | Yep. But luckily, podcasting is an indoor medium and we can do this from our homes. |
| 0:50.7 | We absolutely can. And we are grateful as always, but especially now running a small business in media in the year of 2020. We absolutely can. And we are grateful, as always, but especially now running a small |
| 0:55.2 | business in media in the year of 2020. We're very, very grateful for those of you who pledge to |
| 1:00.5 | support the show and make this possible on Patreon. So welcome and thank you so, so much to |
| 1:04.9 | Francis, Katie, Bandy, Callahan, Liz, Lola, Kylie, and Congrats Whitney, which was the name of the |
| 1:10.1 | patron. So congrats Whitney. Congrats, Whitney. We don't know what Whitney, which was the name of the patron. So, congrats Whitney. |
| 1:11.5 | Congrats, Whitney. We don't know what happened, but you deserve some congrats. |
| 1:14.7 | You absolutely do. Thank you to our supporting producer-level patrons, Philip, Nikki, Tyree, Megan, Deborah, Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Neil, Jessica, and Phil Fresh, as well as our legend-level patrons. |
| 1:25.7 | All of you, along with our other patrons, every |
| 1:27.5 | dang week, make it possible for us to do this for you. Clara, Lacey, Brittany, Josie, Kylie, |
| 1:32.3 | Morgan, Kylo the Husky, B.M. Me Up, Scotty, Audra, Necrow Fancy, Mark, Mr. Folk, Sarah, and Jack |
| 1:37.5 | Marie. What a good group of people. I would totally go to Cape Cod with them and then almost around trying to see a mermaid. And Julia, in the future, |
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