Very Bad Wizards
a philosopher and a psychologist ponder human morality
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Episode 207: Sometimes a Paper Tray is Just a Paper Tray
February 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
documentaries, rodney ascher, room 237, stanley kubrick, texas
David and Tamler wander through the maze of Room 237, the great documentary by Rodney Ascher about five people and their views about what Stanley Kubrick’s "The Shining" is really about. When do interpretations become conspiracy theories? Why does Ascher never show us the faces of the interpreters? What is about Kubrick that invites obsessive and confident theorizing on the meaning of his movies? Sometimes a paper tray is just a paper tray. Or is it? Plus Tamler vents about the winter storm and mass power outages in Texas last week…