{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Black Belt Belle","title":"Modern Fantasy and Sci-Fi Deserve a Chance ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5183,"description":"As a fantasy and sci-fi lover, I'm so frustrated by the pervasive belief that modern fantasy is bad actually. Yes, there are aspects of modern writing that could use improvement, but I'd argue the main weaknesses in modern writing have more to do with capitalism and having to adapt to waning attention spans than the writing itself. In my view, many people's gripes with modern story telling have more to do with a hesitancy to embrace a shift from antagonist bad guys to antagonist systems, a desire to remove reality from fantasy, and an unwillingness to interrogate their own subconscious racism. Writing changes with time; let's talk about why.\nThis episode discusses: Start Wars Episodes 7-9; Rings of Power, The Scapegoat of Escapism, The Great Gatsby, and So Much More!\nVideos referenced in this video: \nDan Doug - “Do Modern Writers Remember How to Write Fantasy.”\nAnthony Gramuglia- “YouTube Critics Are Lying to You.”\nAnthony Gramuglia- \"No, Modern Villians Have Not Gone Downhill\"\nMr. Zod- \"Right-Wing Grievance Culture Posing as Literary Criticism\"\nAbby Cox called-“No, Tik Tok Isn’t Destroying Publishing or Books.”\nFrancesca Fionrantini-“What the Right Gets Wrong About Lord of the Rings”\nKavernacle-“Why the Far Right Love Lord of the Rings”\nTimestamps:\n1:46- How John Boyega's voice helped me find my own\n6:40-Dan Doug's video\n10:45- Chapter 1: Star War Episode 8 Was GOOD, actually\n15:26- Criticism of Luke's self-imposed exile\n19:36-Changing demographic of Star Wars fandoms\n21:27-Directorial Choices\n25:21-Chapter 2: Escapism, Realism, and Symbolism in Fantasy Literature\n27:13-Escapist Fantasy to Escape Trauma and Accountability\n30:52-My Blackness Needs a Backstory\n37:44- Americans Can't Read\n40:00- Blade Runner\n45:15- Gatsby and Paired Passages to teach how Symbolism and Realism work together\n59:16- A lot of Modern Writing is Trash, but Older Writing is Too\n1:02:47- Chapter 3: The Dangers in Symbolic Writing\n1:04:27- The Problem with Palantir\n1:07:03- Orc Babies and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C0cH4LarhSETDssQq8YotHBQZoXz3OQbhC3NsIhO_Dw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OTE5/NTY1N2JkMzQ5YTg5/ODMzOTg4NjA5NTU5/MWYzMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}