The Last Unicorn: Deep Thoughts About Traumatizing Animation from the 1980s

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Magic! Do as you will!Tracie brings her deep thoughts about the 1982 animated fantasy film The Last Unicorn, a lesser-known but beloved part of the traumatizing 80s pop culture canon. With gorgeous animation–the studio went on to become Studio Ghibli–this film tells an odd story about how mortality allows us to feel regret and reminds us there are no happy endings (despite what fiction tells us) because there are no endings in real life. Tracie and Emily’s conversation about the animation and storytelling ranges from sublime (the gendered nature of power) to the ridiculous (I’m engaged to a Douglas fir!) and enjoys many pit stops through unicorn lore along the way.Don’t be a Schmendrick! Put on your headphones and listen to this episode.Mentioned in this episode:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/geek-therapy-professionals/202203/what-the-last-unicorn-means-us-todayhttps://www.fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/mortality-over-legacy-an-analysis-of-the-last-unicornOur theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thoughts by visiting us on Patreon. We are the sister podcasters Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our extended family as the Guy Girls.We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love 80s and 90s movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, analyzing film tropes with a side of feminism, and examining the pop culture of our Gen X childhood for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, religious allegory, and whatever else we find. We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com. For our work together, visit guygirlsmedia.com We are on socials! Find us on Facebook at fb.com/dtasspodcast and on Insta at instagram.com/guygirlsmedia. You can also email us at guygirlsmedia at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you!