40: The Big Rat Was Good Though (The Talons of Weng Chiang)
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This episode: Nah. For further reading, start with Kate Orman's excellent essay 'One Of Us Is Yellow': Doctor Fu Manchu and The Talons of Weng Chiang. If you would like to read some positive reviews of this story feel free to check Letterboxd, IMDb, any issue of DWM or the Celestial Toyroom from 1974-2014, or ask your grandad. In other news, Rosie is still working through Edward Said's 'Orientalism' in preparation for the day they actually finish watching this serial (probably about 2045 at this rate). As always, thank you for listening to Reversing Polarity! Find us on Twitter @PolarityPod, on Tumblr at polaritypod.tumblr.com, or email us at [email protected]. Episode 41 will also be released today, so try not to feel too deprived of our great takes and funny bits.
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