Groundhog Day: Deep Thoughts About Mental Health, Making Your Own Meaning, and Meteorological Rodents

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

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This week, the 1993 film Groundhog Day is the vehicle for Emily to talk about the three most taboo subjects: religion, politics, and money. Not only is Bill Murray’s Phil Connors a favorite of scholars and commentators who talk about religion and film, he also has some interesting lessons to teach us about working for political change against huge obstacles. (Also, Emily’s a money nerd, and the truth is everything can be about money–especially when you’ve written a mini-viral article for Fast Company about it.) The Guy sisters hypothesize that part of what makes the movie successful and noteworthy to multiple religious faith traditions is the way in which the filmmakers took their craft seriously (though not themselves), from the precision of filming all of the repeat moments on the same day to the elegance of Phil’s Groundhog-Day-acquired artistic skills being music and ice sculpting: creative pursuits whose products are inherently ephemeral.

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Mentioned in this episode:

https://rabbionanarrowbridge.blogspot.com/2016/10/groundhog-day-all-over-again-kol-nidrei.html

https://www.insidehook.com/film/strange-religious-afterlife-groundhog-day

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/style/groundhog-almighty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4._WLu.sCewpVSfvOz0&smid=url-share

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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

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We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.

Розділи

1. Groundhog Day Analysis and Discussion (00:00:00)

2. Transformation and Redemption in Groundhog Day (00:10:55)

3. Phil's Moral Arc in Groundhog Day (00:18:18)

4. Finding Meaning Through Actions (00:22:41)

5. Themes in Groundhog Day (00:29:45)

6. Female Characters in Groundhog Day (00:43:52)

7. Exploring Groundhog Day Themes (00:49:06)

8. Themes and Character Analysis (01:00:37)