Kris Abplanalp and Tracy Heightchew join the show to discuss tropes in three teacher movies, including and especially the “white savior” trope.

Notes for Episode 44

• MadTV’s parody of the white savior teacher genre
• Teachers in the Hood: Hollywood’s Middle-Class Fantasy (PDF)
• Do the White Thing: An Analysis of the “White Teacher Savior Film” as a Colonial Civilizing Mission Narrative
• TVtropes: Discussion and definition of “trope” plus discussion and definition of the “White Man’s Burden” trope
• Half Nelson and Dialectics
• Teen Vogue: Why Hollywood’s White Savior Obsession is an Extension of Colonialism
• Daily Beast: Can “Belle” End Hollywood’s Obsession with the White Savior?

Download Episode 44 here.

 

Courier-Journal News Director Mike Trautmann discusses the struggles of the newspaper industry, Missing White Woman Syndrome, investigative reporting, and much more.

Notes for Episode 43

• Des Moines Register coverage of Mollie Tibbets case
• Washington Post: An unimaginable scenario: No more newspapers
• The Hill: Demise of print newspapers will have consequences
• Mike Trautmann on Twitter
• Mike Trautmann at the Des Moines Register

Download Episode 43 here.