RenFare: Recent Episodes
Connor Renfroe
Final season! How does the legacy of colonialism impact the world of Teen Wolf, and is there any breaking free of it?
A New Historicist approach to Teen Wolf's season 6A, in which we examine how Trump's campaign for president influenced the creation.
Discussing the economic, educational, and moral implications of Harry Potter. Also a few recommendations for other fantasy series to share with young readers.
Today we discuss New Criticism, close reading, lyric poetry, and Mitski. What can we learn from applying the New Critics' methodology to song lyrics?
Remember all those structures we analyzed in the first half of the season? Time to tear 'em all down.
What is the text of Teen Wolf trying to tell us? Deciphering the most convoluted season of the show.
What are the material conditions of Beacon Hills? Is this suburban Californian community ready for class conflict?
What happens when you read Teen Wolf's season 3B through the lens of Critical Race Theory? Should you even dare? Based on Connor's analysis, probably not...
Reading the first half of season 3 through a feminist lens. How does the show treat its female characters, and what does that say about femininity in the setting?
In the second episode of the Teen Wolf Critical Series, we explore how Carl Jung's theories of the Anima and the Shadow are portrayed in Teen Wolf's second season, and what deeper understanding these grant us of the characters.
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In the first episode of the Teen Wolf critical series, Connor discusses the tradition of werewolf literature and then reads the first season of MTV's Teen Wolf through the lens of queer theory. And, yes, he is aware that he mispronounces the word "lycanthropy" throughout.
What if I told you that Zach Braff's 2004 film Garden State was actually about castration? Today we're reading the indie movie through a Lacanian lens to understand the psychoanalytic themes under the surface.
Connor's back to discuss one of his favorite thinkers and the Netflix show made about him. How are Freud's psychoanalytic theories used in the fantasy crime drama based on his late 20s? Why is there so much hypnotism? What is a Taltos? Can it all be blamed on cocaine?
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Connor and special guest Allison Azuara (And We're Watching) discuss the Netflix Original Series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Follow along as we tear apart the bad writing and fake wokeness.
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And check out Allison: @allisonharhar
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Connor examines the CBS comedy-drama God Friended Me and the motivation for the main character's atheism.
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In the pilot episode of RenFare, Connor (@CNRenfroe) rambles about the first two seasons of the Netflix Original Series YOU (formerly Lifetime). How does the show portray trauma? How does Joe use narrative to justify his actions? Is Forty gay, in love with his own sister, or both?