• Episode 35: The Invitation with Dr. Courtenay Stallings

  • Oct 26 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Episode 35: The Invitation with Dr. Courtenay Stallings

  • Summary

  • On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast ,in honor of Spooky Season, return guest Dr. Courtenay Stallings of Pepperdine University and I talk about the 2015 Hitchcockian Horror/Thriller The Invitation, directed by Karyn Kusama. Join us as we talk about Religion, Cults and their relationship to politics, Grief, Trauma, and a lot of Erving Goffman. This Podcast episode will have you pondering when DO you decide to break the social contract, and will that just save your life?  Happy Halloween from The Sociologist's Dojo!

     

    Basics 

    Dr. Stallings Previous Episodes 

    • Episode 8: Mulholland Drive   
    • Episode 15: The Exorcist 
    • Episode 20: The Nic Cage Episode 

    Update on Dr. Stallings Academic Work 

    Basics of The Film: The Invitation (2015)

    • Plot 
    • Trivia 

    Historical Context

    • Micro Level:  Experiences with Kusama's work
    • Kusama, and a gendered director jail
    • The importance of 2015, Prophetic for the tension of 2016 Family Dinners (Cults and Politics) 
    • The Feel and look of the film, seems timeless 

    Social Analysis

    • Religion and Cults  
    • Erving Gofmman's Presentation of Self and The Social Contract of Parties 
    • Terror in the mundane
    • Subverting who "typically" survives a Horror Film.

    Outtro 

    • Follow Dr.Stallings @CourtenayCal
    • Follow the blog and Podcast @TheSociologists
    • The Invitation Essay on the blog  
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