Haunted Metaphors - A Russian Doll Season 1 Video Essay
So this one turned out pretty long. Also I didn't say it in the video but again, this show is up to interpretation so this is just my personal take and I'll probably be wrong about some stuff.
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Spanish (Latin America) subtitles by @darkmajokko on Twitter
0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Chapter 1: The Set Up
5:35 - Chapter 2: Storytelling
8:57 - Chapter 3: The F-Word
15:00 - Chapter 4: Gotta Get Up
18:55 - Chapter 5: This Show is Very Jewish
24:47 - Chapter 6: Trauma
31:42 - Chapter 7: Alone Again Or
44:51 - Credits
Sources:
“How Netflix's 'Russian Doll' Music Supervisor Licensed Harry Nilsson's 'Gotta Get Up' -- Over a Dozen Times” by Tatiana Cirisano:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...
“Emily of New Moon gets a star turn in Netflix hit Russian Doll” by Sara Fraser:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince...
“Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ Has Big Talmud Energy” by Rachel Klein:
https://forward.com/schmooze/420004/n...
“18 Things to Know About Natasha Lyonne” by Emily Burack:
https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-...
“Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ is Surprisingly, Deeply Jewish” By Emily Burack:
https://www.heyalma.com/netflixs-russ...
“'Russian Doll' Bosses on How That "Haunting" Finale Sets Up Season 2 (and Beyond)” by Jackie Strause:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...
“‘Russian Doll’: Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland dissect their trippy Netflix comedy” by Meredith Blake:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment...
“Nadia Dies. Nadia Lives. ‘Gotta Get Up’ Plays. Users Repeat.”:
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-02-...
“This is that brilliant song you keep hearing in Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’” by Andrew Trendell:
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/russian-d...
“Natasha Lyonne On Being A 'Tough Guy' And Finding Herself Inside 'Russian Doll'” by Terry Gross:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707104...
“This Is That Song From ‘Russian Doll’” by Aisha Harris:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/ar...
The One Big Frog theory:
https://parsha.blogspot.com/2011/03/o...
"L.A. Weirdos: On the glorious idiosyncrasies of three 70s West Coast singer-songwriters."
https://pitchfork.com/features/unders...
“Unpacking the video game twists of Russian Doll with co-creator Leslye Headland” by Karen Han
https://www.polygon.com/interviews/20...
“The Chosen Ones: An Interview With Natasha Lyonne” by Periel Aschenbrand:
https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/2125...
“What the Ambiguous Ending of Netflix's 'Russian Doll' Means for the Show” by Esther Zuckerman:
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainme...
“‘American Pie’ star’s fight for life” - 2005 article on Natasha Lyonne’s Health Scare:
https://www.today.com/popculture/amer...
Jason Zinoman’s Twitter Theory on Russian Doll:
/ 1092448220482101248
Daniel Handler’s Q&A with the quote about Judaism:
• Daniel Handler Q&A