Sep 17, 2020
Listeners asked for a deeper, longer dive, so here it is. This week's Shat on TV covers all the gore, glam, and "goddamn!" of Lovecraft Country Episode 5: Strange Case.
Ash educates us on Kafka's "Metamorphosis," a subject she actually taught at the college level. Not to be outdone, Gene unveils the truth behind "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (with the help of listeners, of course.)
We round out the episode by celebrating ball culture, witnessing Ruby's character development, debating stiletto sodomy, and considering an ulterior motive behind Atticus' attack on Montrose.
Lovecraft Country Episode 5 Summary:
Owning
to a spell cast by William, Ruby wakes up as a white woman and
comes to enjoy a life of privilege she could only imagine before.
Montrose tells Tic that he has taken care of Yahima, causing his
son to nearly beat him to death. Leti tells Tic that she is
terrified of his rage, but the two latter reconcile and have sex.
Montrose goes to Sammy's apartment and has sex with him. As Tic
works on deciphering the "Language of Adam", Leti warns him that
the use of magic is inherently evil and fears it will corrupt him.
Under the name Hillary, Ruby gets a job as an associate manager at
the department store. William tells her that she must perform a
"favor" for him by planting a stone with runes written on it in
Captain Lancaster's office. While doing so, she discovers an
imprisoned man who has been tortured in his office. Later, Ruby
witnesses her white boss, Paul, humiliate and nearly sexually
assault a black employee, Tamara. Sammy attends a drag queen ball
and dances with Montrose. After Christina tells Ruby to embrace
power, she tortures Paul and rapes him with a stiletto shoe. Ruby
confronts William and asks him what does do in the locked basement
with Christina; he then shreds his skin to reveal that he is really
Christina. As Tic works on the "Language of Adam", he discovers
something that causes him to call his former lover Ji-Ah, in South
Korea to ask her "what are you?"
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