Howl's Moving Castle - with Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch

Writer Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Cursed Under London, Darkwood) talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 beautiful animated adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle, and how the Studio Ghibli masterpiece subverts fairytale tropes and flips hackneyed gender roles, while remembering to include sufficient wisecracking fireplaces and hot emo wizards.Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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