The Aftermath: Halloween, the Movie
The Alarmist
The Alarmist
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🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with film scholar Professor Patricia Gill about the deeper meanings of the horror classic Halloween. As Pat articulates, taking into account parenting trends and the social influences of the decades leading up to the making of this film, we see the murderous Michael Myers in an entirely new light. Afterward, Patreon subscribers and listen to the post interview breakdown with Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith. Spoiler alert: the verdict changes and it’s a doozy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Alarmie. Before we get started, we wanted to make sure you heard the big news. |
| 0:05.1 | The alarmist has joined Patreon. Patreon subscribers will get access to our content at free, as |
| 0:11.5 | well as our aftermath post-interview discussion and final verdict. We'll also be putting out |
| 0:16.8 | additional bonus episodes and other fun stuff. Here's a preview of Guest Alarmist, where |
| 0:22.9 | I step aside and let a guest walk us through a personal tragedy and together the alarmist |
| 0:28.4 | crew figures out who's to blame. This month on Guest Alarmist, Georgia Mishak discusses |
| 0:34.6 | the impeachment of President Georgia. This is about 20 years in the making. I have been looking |
| 0:42.2 | for the answer to this. Thousands of dollars spent in therapy. Oh, wow. But today, who knew? |
| 0:51.4 | All I needed was a podcast and a platform. Yeah, don't start with therapy. Start podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | Start with a podcast. Yes, yes. Go to patreon.com slash the alarmist and subscribe today. Now |
| 1:08.4 | on to our episode. Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. And each |
| 1:14.8 | week, you tell us if we got it right. My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and this is The |
| 1:21.7 | Aftermath. Hey, everyone. Thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath. Today, |
| 1:28.5 | we're speaking with guest expert, Professor Patricia Gill. Pat is a film scholar and was |
| 1:34.3 | a professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne's communication department. Let's |
| 1:40.4 | hear what she has to say about Halloween the movie. Hi, Pat. Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 1:46.6 | I'm glad to be here. It should be fun. Oh, my goodness. Yes. We're excited for a good time. |
| 1:52.6 | We've been focusing on the first Halloween movie. What do we know about Michael and his troubled past? |
| 2:02.1 | Well, that's a really good question because nobody knows. This is one of the, this is a question |
| 2:12.0 | that gets asked over and over again online about this. Why can't Dr. Luma figure out what's happening? |
| 2:18.3 | What we do know about Michael is that he's a troubled kid. He wants some attention. He is upset |
| 2:25.9 | with his parents and no one does pay attention. I mean, you know, Halloween is interesting and bizarre |
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