Wicked x Paratexts with Leena Norms
Material Girls
Rehak Hannah
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
What is more zeitgeist-y than Wicked Part One? Well, arguably, the memes, interviews, and merch ABOUT Wicked Part One! In this episode Hannah and Marcelle are joined by the wonderful author, Youtuber and internet busybody, Leena Norms, to discuss this year's blockbuster— and the paratexts surrounding it. If you've been targeted an Elphaba eyeshadow palette, a Glinda-themed popcorn bucket, or anything online that says "holding space," then you've engaged with Wicked's paratexts. And guess what? We've got some theory to help you make sense of it all! Whether you loved, hated or still haven't seen the Wicked movie, this episode is for you. No* one was spared its marketing campaign.
*good deed goes unpunished.
For more Leena, head to Leenanorms.com and check out her new book Half-Arse Human! You can also see more Leena on our Patreon!
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Material Girls is a 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.
*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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| 1:09.5 | Hello and welcome to Material Girls, a pop culture podcast that uses critical theory to understand the zeitgeist. |
| 1:10.8 | I'm Hannah McGregor. |
| 1:12.5 | And I'm Marcel Cosman. |
| 1:19.2 | And this week, we have our first ever material girls return guest, your favorite internet busybody and ours, Lena Norms, who you might remember from our Wonka episode last year. |
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