S2E27: The Mythmaking Power of Nostalgia

Dungeons + Drama Nerds

This week, Todd, Percy, and Nick dig into the use of nostalgia in games and in performance, particularly musical theatre, and discuss its mythmaking potential and transformative power.

Sources:

- Rebecca Ann Rugg “What it used to be: Nostalgia and the State of the Broadway Musical” (2002)

- Steven T. Wright, "Goonieswave: The Rise of Kids-on-Bikes Games" (EGM, 2019)

- Glen Weldon, "Kids On Bikes: The Sci-Fi Nostalgia Of 'Stranger Things', 'Paper Girls' & 'Super 8'" (NPR, 2016)

- Linda Hutcheon and Mario J. Valdés, "Irony, Nostalgia, and the Postmodern: A Dialogue"

Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.

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