Longing, Death, Form (Season 1 Sparknotes: Themes and Motifs)
In the wake of their newfangled fame, Lauren and Drew look back at the themes and characters of Season 1 and attend to correspondence from fans and detractors. Sample of Drew’s “intricate notes”: -Cold open w/Drew’s senioritis suicide note -game of pricks --season 1 finale montage badinage --things we can’t talk about; a final solution for goldendoodles; reddit pedants; lit critic lothario --We respond to a subterranean missive from an anti- fan with extremist prose style --Unmentionable word leads into discussion re non-rhotic safe space of dunkin donuts --Lauren bans disquisitions then proceeds to deliver a disquisition on Shakespearean pedophile code Little Rascals (1994) --Drew: Shakespearean endings make me feel eerie --Closing: Lauren hopes for laced lidocaine, Buzzcocks “why can’t I touch it” CALL THE OUR STRUGGLE HOTLINE: 443-584-6486 SEND OBSCURELY INCENSED MISSIVES: teixeira.lauren@gmail.com; deohringer@gmail.com SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE (SEASON TWO)