About this episode
Carolina and Robin explore the political themes and nostalgic elements of the Pixar classic Toy Story.
Carolina and Robin revisit our collective childhoods with Toy Story, the ultimate Pixar classic, where Marx's theory of the proletariat meets the best Mr Potato gags you've ever seen. Politics include: surveillance capitalism, the rise of the enslaved worker class, the American 'end of history' obsession with alternative realities, and a hero who is a toy but turns into a man by realising he is in fact a toy. Also, for the ultra fans, you will be glad to hear that The Truman Show and th...
People in this episode
Hosts: Carolina, Robin
Topics covered
- childhood nostalgia
- animation
- political themes
- surveillance capitalism
- enslaved worker class
- alternative realities
Keywords
- Toy Story
- Pixar
- Marxism
- surveillance capitalism
- animation
- childhood
- politics
- Mr Potato
- enslaved worker class
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pixar
Books & works: Toy Story, The Truman Show
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