"See, on the road to Hell there was a railroad line..."
It's time for a deep dive into the Broadway musical, Hadestown. We get into how the musical adapts the Grek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice & Hades and Persephone for a modern setting; the love stories–and tragedy–of the two core relationships; and the productive ambiguity of seeing it all happen on stage.
Content Warning: Discussions of S*xual Assault from (1:06:41 - 1:14:05)
Show Notes:
Other Lit Mentioned this episode: The Story of Ming Lang, Lore Olympus, When I Arrived at the Castle, Speak, Beka Cooper Trilogy, Alanna the Lioness Quartet
On Future SLL Episodes: Divorce Comedies (featuring Dr. Cha, Strangers Again, and Let's Get Divorced), and A Court of Thorns and Roses
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SLL is a podcast relishing the romantic, the sexy, and the scandalous in pop-culture. English academics by day and podcasters by night, hosts Ayanni and Corinne take a semi-scholarly look at why the “sex-stuff” in media matters in the bedroom—and beyond.
Episode Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:08 Opening Banter
03:40 What's Sparking Joy
9:43 Introducing Hadestown
18:07 Characters and Plot
33:45 What We Loved about Hadestown
41:50 Is Hadestown a Successful Myth Adaptation?
44:57 The Cycle of Hadestown
49:57 Intertwined Love Stories
1:14:07 Hadestown's Other Themes
1:25:31 On the Climax...
1:31:29 Last Thoughts
1:34:56 Next time on SLL
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