This week, we discuss: poor misdirected Ginny; magical hucksters; new and improved criminal Hermione; bad swelling puns; What the Fuck, Hogwarts?; Dueling Clubs are useless; no one in this school did any student teaching; pointless spell fights; Snape is a dick; Lockhart’s overexcited wand; even more bad penis puns; the etymology of Parseltongue; the return…
Category: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Cursed Child, Act 4, Part 2: What to expect when your psycho lieutenant is expecting (or not?)
In our final episode for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, we discuss: convenient bedding, hipster Draco, terrible parenting, why we know everything and nothing, Ron’s transformation into a Muggle, Romeo and Ginny, FUCKING BELLATRIX ARE YOU SERIOUS, Voldemort’s personal boundaries, the sexual dynamics of the Harry Potter series, Rodolphus Lestrange’s deal, how JK Rowling’s…
Cursed Child, Act 4, Part 1: Adventures in fanwankery with the Ambiguously Gay Duo
Welcome back to Advanced Muggle Studies! This week, we discuss: legitimate prophecies, how to ruin a classic movie moment, dwindling bitchiness, this play making us numb to all feeling, what Scorpius named his penis, the possible Confunding of J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Pessimist Dumbledore fortune cookies, Harry and Draco’s forbidden love, the ethics of…
Cursed Child, Act 3, Part 1: Where we’re going, we don’t need continuity
Dear readers: We talked… a lot… on this one. As such, we have split our consideration of Act 3 into two parts. Hopefully, you will not find it hard to see why. This week, we discuss: authoritarian regimes, Death Eater Ross Gellar, making the Wizarding world great again, the scourge of fan service, epic characterization…
Cursed Child: Act 2 Podcast & Transcript
In Act II of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, we discuss: psychosexual hangups, Hogwarts the Failed Security State, first name issues, maudlin staircases, Scorpius Malfoy as Final Girl, when bad sexism happens to good characters, the inevitable Cursed Child porn parody in one scene, and our plans for Voldemort Day. (And hey — I know it’s…
Cursed Child, Act 1: Audio version
In case you don’t care to wade through all the Professors’ discussion in written form, please enjoy this .mp3 of their discussion.
Cursed Child: Act 1, Scenes 8-19
Drunk Hermione, Hogwarts security, Tom Riddle and the worst riddle, and Ottaline Gambol — we tackle it all!
The Eighth Story, Whether You Like It Or Not: Act 1, Scenes 1-7
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