Ep. 97: Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) & Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) - Double Feature!

Good Mourning, Nancy Podcast

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing two kaiju films! Mothra is a an actual goddess and Hedorah... well, let's say she's got some toxic tendencies. Oh and Godzilla is totally gay. In fact, all the kaiju are gay. We're here for it! Content Warning: menstruation, menstruating while trans, possible hints of body dysmorphia. BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: https://translifeline.org/ Resources: Mothra: A Love Letter by Victoria Potenza https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/6/7/mothra-a-love-letter Why are so many people so obsessed with Mothra? What's so cool about her? Answered by Barney Buckley https://www.quora.com/Why-are-so-many-people-so-obsessed-with-Mothra-Whats-so-cool-about-her MOTHRA IS THE ONLY GIRLBOSS THAT MATTERS Chingey Nea https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/mothra-girlboss-queer-icon Why Mothra Remains the Queen of the Monsters by Up From the Depths https://youtu.be/-zG0Cn-E8zU Godzilla: King of the Monsters – A History of Mothra by Don Kaye https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-mothra/?amp Mothra: Yin to Godzilla’s Yang by Robert Ito https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/movies/mothra-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.html No, Seriously: Mothra as a Feminist Icon by Matt O’Connell https://doctoroffisticuffs.wixsite.com/moconnell/post/no-seriously-mothra-as-a-feminist-icon Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla Godzilla vs Mothra (1964) Review by Tim Cook https://lalafilmltd.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/review-godzilla-vs-mothra-1964/ There Goes Tokyo: Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) https://horrorflora.com/2018/01/12/there-goes-tokyo-mothra-vs-godzilla/amp Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Review by Paul Aronofsky https://godzillavs.net/2021/05/28/mothra-vs-godzilla-1964/amp/ 'Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima, and Hollywood whitewashed it by Kimmy Yam https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1236165 An Analysis of Postwar Japan and the Japanese Nuclear Consciousness Through Godzilla Films by Nalvic https://nalvicreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/an-analysis-of-postwar-japan-and-the-japanese-nuclear-consciousness-through-godzilla-films/amp/ https://archive.org/details/mothra-vs.-godzilla-japanese-version-criterion-collection https://archive.org/details/godzilla-vs.-hedorah-japanese-version-criterion https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2311286/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20chronic%20obstructive,is%20known%20as%20Yokkaichi%20Asthma. Hedorah Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedorah Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema by Brooke McCorkle Okazaki and Sean Rhoads: 2017058867, 9781476663906, 9781476631349. https://dokumen.pub/japans-green-monsters-environmental-commentary-in-kaiju-cinema-2017058867-9781476663906-9781476631349.html Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) Criterion Collection https://www.criterion.com/films/30102-godzilla-vs-hedorah When Godzilla Found His Hippie Heart Battling A Smog Monster by Brad Gullickson https://filmschoolrejects.com/godzilla-vs-hedorah/?amp Godzilla Is a Radical Environmentalist by Daniel Oberhaus https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/kz7w9w/godzilla-is-a-radical-environmentalist Godzilla: evolution of a monster BY LAU KA-KUEN AND ADOLFO ARRANZ https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/culture/article/3012245/godzilla/index.html?src=social 50 YEARS LATER: ‘GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH’ IS STILL A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE By Stephen Rosenberg https://www.horrorgeeklife.com/2022/04/01/godzilla-vs-hedorah-retro/ Guest Review: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971) by Andrew Price http://commentaramafilms.blogspot.com/2015/04/guest-review-godzilla-vs-smog-monster.html?m=1 Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) for TCM.com By Pablo Kjoseth https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/813030/godzilla-vs-hedorah#overview