Ep 2.1: The Pic of Dorian Gray–🌹🪽🥀💔Free As a Caged Bird 🌹🪽🥀💔 (Ch 4-5)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde–A Book Club Podcast 📚 Part 1: Chapters 4-5 (Sept 14) (Sorry For Audio/Tech Issues) 📚✨🎭 In which we discuss: ✨🎭📚 1) 1:03–Summary of Chapters 4-5, and why we think Oscar Wilde lifted his play straight from the pages of two tragic plays–🎭Romeo and Juliet🎭 and 🎭Hamlet🎭 and why obvious Foreshadowing is obviously bad. ✨ On Chapter 4✨ 2) 13:05–Meeting the FABULOUS (And Messy–in more ways than one) Mrs. Wotton and discuss the OBVIOUS Queer Subtext of the novel. It's a brief discussion, but not a brief dalliance into the subversive queer-hinted relationships between our characters, 3) 23:00–The Frankenstein-ing of Dorian Gray and Wotton's playing Victor Frankenstein to the monster that is Dorian Gray's character. We delve deeper into the influence of Harry Wotton on the boy, and discuss how close Sybil came to reforming him. But we also discuss why this is not all Harry's fault . . . there's something not quite right about Dorian Gray. 4) 28:00–Boys who like Girls who like Boys who talk about Girls who need boys . . . and aaaaaallll the ways Sybil is in deep trouble now that she's caught Dorian's eye. We also discuss how Sybil has become a lightning rod for Dorian and his obsession with art, and how his obsession with Sybil shows the kid knows NOTHING about art–especially as he falls in love with her while she's playing Juliet on stage, making him a twisted Romeo (and why this is NOT Romantic) 5) 37:00–Dorian's wealth and his Social Standing, and how he went from Shy Boy to Dandy-riffic because of Wotton's influence. ✨ On Chapter 5 ✨ 6) 40:00–Why Sybil became and actress, her economic woes, and we marvel at her being SO DUMB (sorry Sybil!) despite her "should know better" position in society–especially given her current situation. We also discuss why it's great to have an AMAZING brother, and a bit of her mother's background. Sybil's in Danger, y'all! And despite Dorian's Savior complex, he won't be the one to save her (Cause he's an IDIOT) (AND I'M NOT SORRY). 7) 56:00–Why Beauty ≠ Kindness, and how this is one of the oldest Satirical Tropes in the book (looking at you Chaucer!) We hope you Enjoy the Show! And we hope you ✨🎭Enjoy your Fear🎭✨ as you join us in our book club podcast. We will be discussing the following chapters for these episode dates: Episode 1: Chapters 1-3 (Monday, August 24) Episode 2: Chapters 4-10 (Monday, September 14) Episode 3: Chapters 11-13 (Monday, September 28) Episode 4: Chapters 14-17 (Monday, October 12) Epsiode 5: Chapters 18-20 (Monday, October 26)