{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How to Survive: Paprika (2006)","description":"How to Survive is now on Patreon! Support us at Patreon.com\/HowtoSurvivePod to get every episode one week early, plus monthly bonus episodes and more. It\u2019s episode 290\u2026and the Internet and dreams are similar. They're areas where the repressed conscious mind escapes. Paprika (2006) follows its titular dream-based protagonist, and her real-life alter ego Dr Atsuko Chiba, as she administers a futuristic form of therapy using a prototype device called the DC Mini. However, when so-called \u2018Dream Terrorists\u2019 steal the devices and use it to run rampant through other people\u2019s dreams with disastrous results, it\u2019s up to Dr Chiba and her motley crue of scientists to find them before it\u2019s too late. We break down the second half of Anime horror\/Satoshi Kon\/\u2019films that Hollywood sort of remade with just enough changes to avoid a lawsuit\u2019 season (what could this film about a device that allows you to invade other people\u2019s dreams have inspired I wonder?) and discuss the joys and pains of a creative portrayal of limitless dreamspace, characters both paper thin and fatphobic, and rank spices\/condiments based on Joe\u2019s usage relative to Ketchup and Mayo. Plus, what would make Chris finally commit to buying a neuralink? All of which leads to one question: How would you survive? Whatever happens, one thing's for sure: The shade of the tree with the flowers that bloom at night is where the residents of darkness rest. The people of daytime are not allowed! Next time on the main feed, it\u2019s Spider season, with creepy-crawly classic Arachnophobia (1990). ","author_name":"How to Survive","author_url":"http:\/\/howtosurvive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"