E56 Ever After: A Cinderella Story - "We have solved fairytales"

About this episode

The episode explores the classic fairy tale retelling, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, analyzing its themes and performances.

We’re taking a trip back in time this episode to do a deep dive on the classic fairy tale retelling, Ever After: A Cinderella Story. We consider what makes something a Cinderella story and how Ever After maps onto those criteria; our reactions to the main romance; and the tour de force performance that is Angelica Huston as the Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent. What's Sparking Joy this episode: The Residence on Netflix, Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim, and "The Hills of Tanchico" from The Wheel of Time season 3. CW: Brief mention of the potential of SA from (1:14:58-1:15:10) Show Notes : Take the SLL Audience Survey! Closes April 30th, 2025 : ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/AJhFuMDzjSZeTE1f8⁠⁠ Support us on Ko-Fi: ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/sexlovelitpodcast⁠ Linda Holmes's "A Girl, A Show, A Prince": https://www.npr.org/2015/03/13/392358854/a-girl-a-shoe-a-prince-the-endlessly-evolving-cinderella "The Hills of Tanchico" Clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIANPQJSAet/?igsh=MWhoczk0aHl4ZW92Zw== Listen to our Joy Sparked: SLL Song Recs playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50MNBI1kYKdJgxh8CzEJF1?si=d9df62854c684557 Other lit mentioned this episode: The Little…

People in this episode

Host: The SLL Team

Topics covered

• fairy tale retelling
• Cinderella story
• romance analysis
• film performance
• literature references

Keywords

• Ever After
• Cinderella
• Angelica Huston
• fairy tale
• romance
• Netflix
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ever After: A Cinderella Story, The Residence, Six Crimson Cranes, The Wheel of Time, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Spiceworld, Prince of Persia, The Great

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