Labyrinth (feat. Meredith and Jillian) : Episode 71
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Labyrinth
What: Jennifer Connelly has to solve a magical labyrinth in thirteen hours to save her baby brother from the Goblin King.
Directed by: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Puppets
Featuring guest co-hosts
Meredith Conti & Jillian Berke
Recommended and Related Media
The Dark Crystal
Jim Henson’s elaborate puppet-based fantasy which preceded labyrinth.
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Brian Fraud’s Art Books
Did you dig the art direction in Labyrinth? The dude behind it made a few books of his art. One of them is a book of goblin art directly from the film! They are neat.
Good Faeries/Bad Faeries Amazon
The Goblins of Labyrinth Amazon
Show Notes
Labyrinth production
The Dark Crystal -> Labyrinth -> Mirrormask : a spiritual trilogy. Jim Henson. Beverly Crusher’s choreography.
Fantasy Rules and Dream Worlds
Our difficulty with fantasy again, and further difficulty specific to dreamland stories. Nothing makes sense, cause and effect cannot be counted on, and essentially nothing is on the line. Yet Labyrinth is still delightful (because nostalgia!).
Relating to adolescents
Identifying with adults now more, since we are adults.
Dreams
Dreaming. Animal models. Rats and humans and dreaming during non-REM sleep.
The Greek Myth of the Labyrinth
Minotaur, reverse-minotaur. Plus, a succinct and accurate retelling of the story.
Maze-solving and cognition
Humans are okay. Rats are okay. Dogs, not so much. “Ecocentric cognitive mapping.” FMRI and navigation in virtual reality.
The bog of eternal stench
Irreparable putrescence. Not something that is on you, but something that infuses your very flesh to continue to be stinky. Or, magic.
Goodbyes
You have no power over me!
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