633. Escape from the Multicurse: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Added 2023-10-06 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotage the whole thing.
This week we discuss 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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I know I’m a bit late, but I’ve got a few thoughts 1. Jack knows that Sally exists, he asks for her specifically to make his Santa outfit, though he probably doesn’t interact with her very much because the doctor keeps her in his tower 2.”Pumpkin King” is an honorific, not an official title. It’s like Homecoming King/Queen, or probably closer to like the people voted King/Queen of a county fair. 3. I always took Lock, Shock, and Barrel being referred to as “Boogie’s Boys” to mean that they were his children, not that that worked for him 4. Boogie doesn’t have an official title in town, he’s the crazy guy nobody wants to deal with, hence the mayor being upset when his kids come by and Jack not wanting him involved. Halloween-town may be a pretty violent place, but most of the inhabitants are already dead, it makes sense that their “pranks” may tend a little more deadly. Oogie Boogie is a straight up psychopath 5. I agree that the holiday worlds are affected by the beliefs of the “real” world. Christmas town has very little reference to Jesus because a lot of people don’t explicitly associate Jesus with Christmas. As fun as Santa kicking Jesus out of Christmas is, in the world of the movie Jesus probably just started showing up in town less often 6. Nightmare Before Christmas is a Thanksgiving movie 7. I’m a little sleep deprived so I apologize if anything doesn’t make sense
Burneezy 56
2023-10-28 00:56:51 +0000 UTCIf you want answers to a lot of the questions you all posed, feel free to watch the movie.
Robert Mischief
2023-10-19 19:31:50 +0000 UTCI feel Burnout and loss of joy in your life are also big themes
Andrew Maguire
2023-10-11 11:41:52 +0000 UTCDanny Elfman wanted to do the speaking voice, but his acting wasn't good enough. So they had to replace him. (from interviews in Movies That Made Us)
Originalname38
2023-10-10 14:52:41 +0000 UTCI had some of the same questions as you. Like, "how doe Jack even know she exists?" In this small town, with a few dozen people who have lived all of eternity together, and she's the daughter of the smartest/evilest/onliest mad scientist in town
stephen
2023-10-09 04:24:09 +0000 UTCThe very end Ayn Rand punchline was excellent. I was an Ayn Rand fan back in the day and I'm so happy to hear people shit on her bullshit. Thanks for that obscure but relevant reference
Ryan (Kanserus Bone Saw) Bowdish
2023-10-07 05:25:48 +0000 UTCSo Cthulhu is monster inc's jesus 🤔
Oliver Allen
2023-10-06 22:51:04 +0000 UTC“Jesus co-opted Mother’s Day land” 🤣🤣
Fiona Doran
2023-10-06 20:33:04 +0000 UTC
