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Trying to listen to this podcast but it seems to be set at chipmunk speed. LOL
Ah, a Jantet. 😂Through from my point of view I posted 5 quick burns --- you rightfully combined the two Esquire links into one Burn.
This episode has a big spoiler near the beginning of the Pandora's Star discussion and I LISTENED TO IT ANYWAY. I'm in the 300s, I"m not sure I'll ever finish, so I had fun finding out what happened in case I never get there. :)I will definitely pick up from the library, start, and finish the April book before finishing Pandora....
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wait what? was there something wrong with the speed?
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Normal speed for me.
Jan wrote: "Ah, a Jantet. 😂A Qujandary?
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maybe that's just my voice!
Thanks for reading my comments! You've shared a couple of my posts now, and it really makes me smile!Anyways, Re: Lion King:
My understanding is that Lion King was a retelling of Hamlet. Vengeful brother secretly murders the King, and usurps the throne. Son leaves the palace to try to find himself, comes back to avenge father, restore the throne and redeem the kingdom. There's even the presence of the dead king's ghost. So yeah, pretty royalist, but because it's a Shakespearean story that was written to appeal to kings.
That said, I agree that from a modern perspective, Scar gives more resources to the underclass by taking from the ruling class. But then lions need more food than hyenas, and also Scar's ruling style seemed to involve over-hunting antelopes, so maybe antelopes preferred Mufasa's rule, though they probably weren't fans of either ruler. The politics get pretty complicated when you have to eat some of your constituents. #Zazu2024
Dana wrote: "Trying to listen to this podcast but it seems to be set at chipmunk speed. LOL"Some of it sounded really distorted to me too.
http://swordandlaser.com/home/2022/3/...
https://soundcloud.com/swordandlaser/...
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64221978