“I was really disappointed in the analysis of “X” and especially “Pearl”. The hosts talked about being unsatisfied by the lack of "answers" Pearl provied. I don't think it's about that. It's about painting the landscape and building context. There doesn't have to be an explicit "why". Pearl’s psychopathic behavior is shaped and brought to a head from her experience as a woman of that time. She was brought up in a repressed household- her parents being first generation German immigrants, and a repressed society plagued by pandemic and war. The hosts talked about why pearl didn’t explain the “sex stuff” in X but you have to fill in the blanks. Think about the scarecrow scene.. think about how the projectionist showed her a pornographic film for the first time.. and now think about the conservatism of the time Pearl grew up in addition to the restraints her mother imposed on her, and how she ultimately never escaped it. It was my first time listening to this podcast- I picked it after skimming a few other podcast descriptions after reading that FPS had in depth discussion I clicked. I was let down…. It all felt like a really subjective read with no real critical lens or context.”Read full review »
Goldhoneybars via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/11/22