What Dreams May Come: Deep Thoughts About the Cosmology of a Painted Afterlife, Misogynistic Romance Tropes, and 90s Era Casual Racism

About this episode

The episode explores the film 'What Dreams May Come' and its themes of cosmology, romance, and societal issues from the 90s.

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Thought is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh ? The thoughts are deeper (and potentially more upsetting, so mind the CWs) than usual on this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, where Emily shares her film analysis of the 1998 cult classic What Dreams May Come. Based on the novel by Richard Matheson (who had some truly fucked up views of women, romance, and gender dynamics), director Vincent Ward and l...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tracie Guy-Decker, Emily Guy Birken

Topics covered

• cosmology
• film analysis
• romance tropes
• 90s culture
• gender dynamics
• casual racism

Keywords

• What Dreams May Come
• Richard Matheson
• Vincent Ward
• film analysis
• romance tropes
• 90s culture
• gender dynamics
• casual racism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What Dreams May Come

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