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Spin-off! We talk Sinners (2025), and discuss vampire & the desire for community, Africa, the diaspora, spirituality, music as cultural storytelling, and forbidding the white boy from catching a vibe. Also: Black religious trauma, race in South Africa, and a lament for The Vampire Diaries' Bonnie Bennett.Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of anti-indigenous sentiment, colonialism and colonial violence, white supremacy, mass murder, racism, religious trauma, and slavery.Questions, queries, or just to say hi!E-mail: [email protected] and Links: IWAA S1All our online stuff!Podcast: It Was an Animal AttackTwitter: @animattackpodInstagram: @animalattackpodTiktok: @animalattackpodYouTube: @animalattackpod-(00:00:05) - Introduction(00:02:00) - Sinners 2025: preamble and viewing experience(00:07:55) - Smoke and Stack(00:10:30) - Annie, who is everything(00:11:30) - Bonnie Bennett (TVD) + African-American magic(00:14:48) - Back to Annie(00:17:42) - Abrahamic religion vs African & African-American spirituality(00:22:54) - Mary + passing + racial dynamics(00:30:25) - Preacher boy Sammy + the lure of the easy promise(00:33:13) - Experiences of black religious trauma(00:34:56) - Back to Sammy(00:35:56) - Pearline our queen(00:37:45) - Bo, Grace, and Lisa(00:40:36) - Choctaw vampire hunters outselling(00:42:01) - Remmick predating, but still exploiting, race(00:48:22) - Irish marginalisation, whiteness, and assimilation(00:50:33) - Indentured servitude vs slavery in the US and SA(00:52:56) - Remmick culture-shifting to suit his needs(00:54:56) - Vampire and the desire for community(00:55:56) - Music as a cultural tool of storytelling(00:58:05) - Music (or religion, or vampirism) as consolation or escape(01:01:22) - The nature of the vampire hive mind(01:02:22) - Stack and Mary's mid-credit scene(01:04:00) - Spiraling tangent about vampire varieties(01:06:49) - Check out @XofWords here: https://linktr.ee/xofwords!!!
