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7 - Ghostbusters Part 1: Cold Hard Research
Bustin' makes me feel... bad? What was meant to be an "easy, breezy, beautiful" 80s night became a two-part "cold hard research" episode. In part one, Quest and Annabelle give their first impressions of Ghostbusters (1984). They also unpack the "totemic nostalgia" of the original franchise and explore the film through the lens of the monstrous-feminine and possession.
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Bibliography
“Opening Up” in Men, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol Clover
“Immigrants as aliens in the Ghostbusters films” by Zoila Clark, in…
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