{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 33: The Ring Franchise with Dr. Jaime Hartless","description":"On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Jaime Hartless returns to talk about The Ring Franchise. 'Dr. Horror' takes us through the long and convoluted journey of this multi-media property through its books, original films and the cavalcade of remakes. Then, we talk about what makes a classic film, our own "funeral films", the gender swapping and gender violence in the films, along with the Intersexed nature of Japanese ghosts. Enjoy!   Production Notes:   Intro: 0:00-8:11 Update on Dr. Hartless's research Queer Ghost Hunters  Basics of The Ring Franchise (8:12-38:28)  Started as Books (1991) Japanese original films  Korean Remakes American Remakes  Books vs Movies  Trivia and Tangents  Historical Context: (39:09-95:24) Dr. Hartless's 'Ring' Journey (Content Analysis) Origin and Folklore  Technological Changes  Film's Cultural and Historical Context  Criteria for a Classic  Funeral Films and the loss of physical media  Social Analysis 96:20-135:13 Gender Swaping of Characters and Violence  Projections of Masculinity and Femininity  "Have it all Sexism" Intersexed Definition and The Ring  Rings  and Academic mistrepresentation in film  Outtro: 135:14-136:41 Plugs  Dr. Hartless on Twitter The Sociologist's Dojo Blog   All Clips were used under Fair use  ","author_name":"The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com\/website","html":"