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Weird Flirtation Turns Avian Trauma Bonding (The Birds - 1963)

Mar 27, 20231 hr 6 minEp 35Transcript available on Metacast
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Episode description

In honor of the 60th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Juliet and Theresa dive into both the film itself and the director's problematic legacy as well as bird rescue TikTok, the pitfalls of upscaling older movies and the Bird Witch of Bodega Bay.


Content warnings: sexual assault and rape (a lengthy discussion of #MeToo as it relates to Hollywood)


Links:

Alfred Hitchcock: The Director Who Randomly Tortured People from Behind the Bastards

The Glen Helen Raptor Center (donate to them to help birds!)


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Theme music: "Book of Shadows" by Houseghost (Rad Girlfriend Records)


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