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Westworld Season 2: A Feminist Reading

We’ve finished season two of Westworld on Sunday and we’re still untangling what it all means. Did toxic masculinity win the day? Will the women, people of color, and women of color create a new Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago June 25, 2018
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S2E10: Sweet Dream or Beautiful Nightmare? The Season Two Finale of Westworld

Last night, I watched the season two finale of Westworld along with millions of fans. What struck me is how clearly the episode articulated who are the heroes and who are the villains. After weeks Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago June 25, 2018
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S2E9: Suicide, Love, and Loss on Westworld

Lots of people have died on Westworld. Some multiple times. Yet no episode has focused so much on death as last night’s “Vanishing Point.” It was a detailed examination of suicide – who commits it, Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago June 18, 2018
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S2E8: The Noble “Savages” of Westworld Revealed

For so long, we’ve seen Zahn McClarnon play the Ghost Nation warrior Akecheta in the background of Westworld but we never knew what drove him. He’s ridden in and out of Maeve’s nightmares. Been involved Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago June 11, 2018
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S2E7: Questioning the Nature of Reality: We’re Watching Westworld

Murder is not a hopeful enterprise. If you could count the liters of blood spilt on Westworld, you’d end up with the equation: Westworld = ultimate fatalist enterprise. A darker vision of humanity is hard Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago June 4, 2018
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S2E6: The Daughters of Westworld: Salvation, Destruction, or Both?

I would have titled the episode “My Mother’s Daughter” although I suppose “Phase Space” has more of a cool, futuristic bent. But title aside, last night on Westworld, it was all about the daughters. We Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago May 28, 2018
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S2E5: Race and Violence in Westworld: Spoiler – It’s Problematic

Never has a microaggression made me so relieved. Towards the beginning of last night’s episode of Westworld, Akane No Mai, white Sylvester asks Asian Felix to talk to the Samurais holding them hostage. Felix responds Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago May 21, 2018
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S2E4: Showrunner Lisa Joy Exposes the Toxic Masculinity of Westworld

This Mother’s Day, showrunner Lisa Joy took the director’s chair of Westworld and treated us to an in-depth look at the powerlessness of toxic masculinity. Its inability to create or nurture. Its inability to sustain Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago May 14, 2018
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S2E3: The Women Warriors of Westworld

Season two is all about women taking charge. Much of it is so satisfying. Some of it is intensely problematic. Welcome to Westworld. Spoilers ahead. Last night’s episode began with a cold open – we Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago May 7, 2018
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S2E1: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: The Westworld Season Premiere

The season two premiere of Westworld went live last night and so much happened. SPOILER ALERT: The hosts have taken over the park! The hosts are all dead! The humans are taking back control! The Read more…

By Cristina Escobar, 5 years ago April 24, 2018

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