Episode 115: Therapy, good and bad, with Theo Germaine
In They/Them, Theo Germaine plays a nonbinary teen sent to gay conversion camp, for some extremely horrifying therapy.
It's time to get some therapy, with some help from speculative fiction. In this special live recording from WorldCon, we talk to actor/creator Theo Germaine about fictional therapists (good and evil), and what makes a story therapeutic. Plus, we discuss their recent scary therapy movie They/Them, as well as their role in the show Work in Progress. Can a story actually heal us? And what happens when stories hurt us instead?
Citations, notes, & etc.!
They/Them, dir. John Logan
Work in Progress, created by Abby McEnany and executive produced by Lilly Wachowski
Simon LaGrieve from Suicide Squad
Doc Samson from The Hulk
Nightmare on Elm Street, dir. Wes Craven
Spear, by Nicola Griffith
The Prisoner (1967), created by Patrick McGoohan
The Brood, dir. David Cronenberg