Mothra: Queen of the Kaiju

About this episode

The episode discusses the rivalry between Mothra and Godzilla in the context of mid-century monster movies.

Did a lepidopteran girl-monster like Mothra ever have a chance against a reptilian guy-monster like Godzilla? In the skies over Tokyo, absolutely. In the teenage brains of testosterone-addled mid-century monster movie fans. Not so much.

People in this episode

Host: Ray Agostinelli

Topics covered

• monster movies
• Mothra
• Godzilla
• kaiju
• pop culture
• film history

Keywords

• Mothra
• Godzilla
• kaiju
• monster movies
• Tokyo
• film history
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mothra, Godzilla

Places: Tokyo

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