Thursday, February 6, 2025

HP Lovecraft, Racism, and Educating James--New Video

A new webseries (?)


Zak and James attempt to discuss Lovecraft and racism, while also bringing up: Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, Kingdom Death, Alien, Jaws, nerdy introversion, Taxi Driver, James’ Lovecraft-movie picks, Blue Velvet, James’ fear of stuffed animals and the sea, turn-of-the-century WASP atheism, avant-garde fiction and band-aids, amateur press associations, PG Wodehouse, Bertrand Russell on romanticism and Hitler, deer are scary, a plot hole in Lost Boys, X-Men vs Dracula and more

11 comments:

Zak Sabbath said...

@anon

sorry no anonymous comments allowed

MattfromTinder said...

Really enjoyed this episode, you both seemed very knowledgeable on the topic and I really enjoyed the back and forth discussion. Looking forward to potentially future episodes and topics.

Simon Tsevelev said...

I demand that you bring the "What if Wolverine was the Lord of Vampires" and also "What If Wolverine Was the Lord of Vampires During Inferno" comics into the discussion. Otherwise it will be forever incomplete!

McPhisto said...

Mind-boggling. Looking forwards to seeing where you go with this when I can give it a full listen. A new series. Great.

Peggy said...

If you want to get deeper in the topics raised in this episode, you should read this :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft:_Against_the_World,_Against_Life
It's a very interesting essay about Lovecraft.

Tibbs1891 said...

I concur! Lots of potential here. I can't wait for episodes.

Zak Sabbath said...

@Peggy

I refer to the book in the video--and the essay I wrote after reading it.

Peggy said...

And what did you think of it ? It's rather unusual to have a French author write about an american one. I know that Lovecraft was very successful in France when he was not so much in the US but did houellebecq succeed in catching the "american way of life of the 20ies" correctly ?

Zak Sabbath said...

@peggy

I thought it was very persuasive and interesting.

unclefes said...

Great video, and looking forward to more.

D&D bard life said...

Really great topic, love the way you two play off each other, looking forward to the next episode!