Nathanael and Erik dive into William Lindsay Gresham's Nightmare Alley and Guillermo del Toro's 2021 adaptation. Topics include: freakishness, tarot, whether authors get any say on what their symbolism does.

For further information see:

Abbot, Megan. "Megan Abbot on the Difference between Hardboiled and Noir."

Adams, Rachel. Sideshow U.S.A. Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination.

Pollack, Rachel. Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom.

Discussion of Nightmare Alley & Use of Tarot [YouTube Video]