GoodTrash Live! The Fable of Shannon Cable

Hello Dear Listener, and welcome! This bonus episode is the audio from our recent GoodTrash LIVE! show (6/3/2016) in which we discuss Planet Thunder Productions‘ The Fable of Shannon Cable that we hosted at the Parish in the Plaza District of Oklahoma City. If you made it out, thank you so much! We hope to continue hosting GoodTrash LIVE! events, so again, thank you! This is one of the earlier feature films from Planet Thunder Productions and was screened in anticipation of their next feature Electric Nostalgia. Electric Nostalgia will be having it’s world premier at Oklahoma’s own deadCENTER Film Festival. It will be playing at MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins on Thursday, June 9th at 9:45PM with a second showing on Saturday, June 11th at 2:15PM.

This week Dalton, Caleb, and Alex took the supernatural, mystery musical to the analysis table before hosting a Q&A with producers, Zachary and Jacob – The Burns Bros. The panel kicks off with the three amigos giving their quick reviews of the film to which there is a unanimous response. The analysis then starts up with Dalton kicking things off. Dalton mentions cycles of violence and the portrayal of rape in the media. This is his one major issue with the film – a tonal shift in relation to a rapey moment in the film. Caleb takes over from here as he discusses the role of fables in storytelling. Going all the way back to Aesop, Caleb highlights the role and evolution of fables and their place in culture and the impact theirin on ideology. Alexandra takes us all home as she gives a genre reading. Shannon Cable is a mashup of several genres and Alex takes on the task of identifying how these multiple genres works together to reinforce the themes and narrative at play.

After all of this, The Burns Bros and Clint Kubat all make appearances on stage to answer a few questions about the making of the film. Zach and Jacob both served as producers while Jacob is also credited as the cinematographer. Clint Kubat stars as Spooks, one of the singing, ethereal spirit removers. Its a really fun interview that allows the audience to see some inside baseball about the filmmaking process.

Again, thanks to The Parish, Planet Thunder Productions, and most of all YOU, dear listener. We do this to have a conversation about film, to build up the identity of film and arts culture and to have fun. So thank you so very much for tuning in to GoodTrash LIVE!

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