31. Moon Knight 1x3, ”The Friendly Type,” with Regan Levitte

Danielle and John are joined by their first Moon Knight guest host, Regan Levitte, John’s colleague and friend! Together, they consider the potential contribution of the MCU to contemporary culture, and they declare NQGB a Layla stan podcast. John asks some solid question in Marvelsplaining, and Regan regales everyone with a fascinating discussion of fanfiction, remixing, and the generative potential of a feminist entry point into MCU properties. In the Cave, Regan, John and Danielle dig deeper and link their broader discussion to questions of the monomyth (a la Joseph Campbell) and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ colonialist thinking. Come for the quips about a shirtless Oscar Isaac, stay for the queer feminist thoughtfulness that weaves its way throughout this episode!

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

 

Show notes:

• "A Girl and Her Taser" and "How to Win Friends, Crash Cymbals, and Fail at Asking Her Out" at AO3
• Transformative Works and Cultures journal
• The Winterowd references are to Chapter 1, "The Classical Tradition in Composition/Rhetoric," in The Contemporary Writer (1975/1981)
• "DID System Reacts to Moon Knight | Episodes 1&2" by
  braiDIDbunch
• "The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't Art" by Patrick Marlborough, at VICE