About this episode
The episode analyzes the bizarre and surreal elements of Disney's Return to Oz while lamenting the state of children's media.
Dustin kills his final darling with this bizarre, surreal, gothic take on the world of Oz in Disney's Return to Oz. Stop-motion, musical numbers, proto Jack Skellington—it's all here, and we try to figure it out. We spend a long time lamenting children's media and questioning where things went wrong. We hope you join us as we try to get our heads on right and analyze Return to Oz. Tune in now!
People in this episode
Host: Dustin
Topics covered
- children's media
- Disney
- film analysis
- surrealism
- gothic
- musical numbers
Keywords
- Return to Oz
- Disney
- film review
- surreal
- gothic
- children's media
- musical numbers
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Return to Oz
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