Wallowing in the Shallows

WITS chats Red One

Broadcast on:: 02 Dec 2024

In this bonus holiday edition of 'Wallowing in the Shallows', Rebecca and Tori dive into a review of the 2024 movie 'Red One', featuring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. We discuss our initial impressions, character performances, and the film's entertainment value, while also exploring the thematic elements of Christmas and the lore surrounding figures like Krampus and Grýlla. We chat about the film's climactic moments, character redemption arcs, and the moral complexities presented.

PS - We were having some audio difficulties.

Sound Effect Sources

Record Scratch from Pixabay

Crickets from chieuk on Pixabay

Santa Ho Ho Ho from Cloud10 [Creative Commons 0.0] on Freesound

Print Source

Babb, Stefanie A. "Krampus and Christmas." In They Do What? A Cultural Encyclopedia of Extraordinary and Exotic Customs from around the World, edited by Javier A. Galván, 161-164. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2014. Gale eBooks (accessed November 15, 2024).

Other Sources

Mythical Factory 2022 Dec 23 MF#56: Grýla, the Christmas Witch [Icelandic folklore] | YouTube