Chewing the plot

On this show we look to dive into, deconstruct and devour stories. Be it a cultural icon, cult hit, classical novel or hit film we're here to find out more about our favorite narratives and figure out just what made them the icons they are.

Every month we take a look at a story, tale or icon or whatever from our cultural history of being human and break it down to some anecdotes and pop culture references. Not only giving you an over view the narrative itself but asking why it's had such an impact on our culture and society as it has!

Whilst also giving us an excuse to read a lot of books, watch a bunch of films and not feel like we wasted out lives.

So join us as we once again Chew the plot.

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Episode 13 - The Santa Clause - It's Bernard...

This week it's the time of festive films and thus brings forth the question of what makes a Christmas film? Is it the snow? The songs? The presence of Santa or simply the fact it's based in December? This week we are under the realm of Brett Knights once again as he brings us not his favourite Christmas film but one which we have all seen at one point or another and spawned two sequels. So it's got to be good right? That's right this Month for the last in the series for this year we're looking a...

Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 41 min

Episode 12 - Stardust : Michael Fassbender as Yvaine

This week we settle into autumn with a film which takes place in summer. As we tackle the Neil Gaiman saga and Mathew Vaughn Film Stardust. It's the pick of the month for Jen as she takes us to a magical land in the form of stormhold and we find out from Graham what makes the world tick and how many actors he can mistake for other actors within the first half hour. It's fun it's witty, it has an oddly fierce fan base and the film comes from a director known for making drug and gangland movies so...

Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 53 min

Episode 11 - Silent Hill : 0/10 on trip adviser

This week we are in the hands of Charlotte Greenley and in doing so you join us for the spooky month of October as we dive into Silent hill and discuss the film released in 2006 and how it interplays with the game Franchise! Directed by Christophe Gans it's a long look at the Silent Hill Lore. How the film was developed and the creative choices made within as we get a horror fest on! So settle in and get your self nestled somewhere safe far from Alessa as we take a look at the cult icon which is...

Oct 07, 2021•2 hr 16 min

Episode 10 - Guns Akimbo - When the S**t goes down you better be Glenjamin.

Guns Akimbo is an action comedy staring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving in which titular character Miles gets guns bolted to his hands... That's basically all you need to know. This week Graham takes us on the wild ride of guns, gore and controversy surrounding the director as we discuss the meme potential, the outright wackyness of violence and the suprise you can have at the amount of people who are left handed. As we settle in to chew through Guns Akimbo. Music provided by: Square people ...

Sep 09, 2021•2 hr 4 min

Episode 9 - I Kill Giants : Tik Tok it's school o'clock

this right we are covering the surprisingly divisive 2017 film and 2008 comic I Kill Giants. I say that as on initial impression I thought I knew what I was getting but turns out people also had that thought and disliked it for it but we'll get to more on that later! I Kill Giants is a somewhat describable as coming of age and looks at child phycology, loss and the emotional roller coaster of fantasy imagination in a more direct way than in our previous texts which have done this such as Peter P...

Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 55 min

Episode 8 - Clueless : A Flum film or whatever

This week Jen brings us a light hearted affair in the form of 90's icon clueless! Clueless is a cult teen hit from 1995 and the antithesis of Ghost world which we previously covered. scoping out the world of the high flying and endearing Cher it is a modern remake of the classic Jane Austin Novel Emma and as such we are bound to draw some comparisons. Finding as we work through why classic fiction is often placed in high school settings, just where we stand on dating a step sibling and overall h...

Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 59 min

Episode 7 - Peter Pan : No one comes of of this good.

This wee we dive into the classic tale from J M Barrie focused mainly on the story structure of the also classic Walt Disney film Peter Pan! Pan is now a story in the public domain and has been one prone to discussion because of the many overlapping themes and undertones which run within it but the original auther himself has an interesting back story which leans into just why Peter Pan is so open to interpretation. So this week Charlotte brings us our childhood as we dive into the fantasy, pira...

Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 48 min

Episode 6 - Ghost world: I can see why people like it but that's why I hate it.

This week Graham is back in the driving seat and once again comes up with something divisive. Ever the hipster child he is a fan fan of independent cinema and media so this this week we have chosen Ghost world the 2001 film by Terry Zwigoff also coupled with the graphic novel version by Daniel Clowes. The pair worked closely on this and as such they can both be considered canon. Having been a cult classic within the comic and film community for years it's still very much a niche film fraught wit...

May 21, 2021•1 hr 54 min

Episode 5 - Starship Troopers: Gotta hit the flip six three hole.

This week we jump from period drama to post war pulp fiction as we dive into the 1997 sci flick Starship troopers by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel of the same name. Having spawned several sequels, a TV show and being a cult phenomena among nineties youth and modern day millennial it has earned its place as one of the most unique films of it's time. So we dive into just what made this what it was, why it failed to capture audiences on rele...

Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 58 min

Episode 4 - Little Women : Laurie and the Limes

This week in the month of March we cover the eponymous March story "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Little women originally published in 1868 has been reproduced and retold so many times in attempts to bring together the three books which make up the Little women story. It is seen as a formative book for many young woman and tells the tales of the "March's" a group of four sisters and their neighbor Laurie as they figure out how the world works for them and thus we dive into it. Discussing t...

Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 57 min

Episode 3 - Spirited away: That's a big baby.

This week in Episode 3 of Chewing the plot we take a look at 2001 film Spirited away written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. We look at why Miyazki make the film to begin with. Explore why it was the success that it was and how it retained the title of best selling film for so long in Japan as well as getting into the grit of the story, the art and meaning of the tale. Spirited away is a Japanese Animated feature film following the story of Chihiro as she becomes separated from her parents in a ...

Feb 26, 2021•2 hr 5 min

Episode 2 - Macbeth Part two: This dead butcher and his Fiend like queen.

In Part two of Chewing the plot's deconstruction of Macbeth we get into the meat of the story and explore the role of masculinity, revenge, trauma and all the subjects which you don't discuss at dinner parties. Getting through the remaining acts to the finale it is safe to say part two is not for the faint of heart of weak stomached and contains many a spoiler but also explore the "Macbeth's" relationship and and odd experience involving a horse eating another horse. So settle in as we chew thro...

Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 36 min

Episode 1 - Macbeth Part one - Introduction to Bill Wigglestick

In the very first episode of Chewing the plot we take on perhaps more of a mammoth task than we first thought having to split it into two episodes! Graham picking the text was always going to be a risk though as he picked the eponymous Macbeth by William Shakespeare. So join us in episode one part one as we get into the history and context behind the story, learn all about where the legend comes from and the time it was presented in as well as working our way through the first acts to gather jus...

Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 28 min

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