For this eigthieth episode of RTF I am pleased to be joined by Alex Cormier to talk about the Kubrick film The Shining. Alex and I co-host a radio show called Full Spectrum Cinema, and you can find the link for that posted below. In this episode we discuss:

- Stephen Kings horror is better shown in his human monsters vs his supernatural ones

- The different ways Wendy and Jack fail as parents, and how Danny is scared to misbehave

- Jack's substance abuse, "how did it get to this Jack?"

-  How the ugly can destroy the creative

- Not facing hard things, undermining Jack's masculinity, Danny and Theseus, and the cinematic beauty of this film.

Thanks again to everyone who listens. All episodes of Really True Fiction can be found at this link:

https://reallytruefiction.libsyn.com/

And here is the mixcloud link for Full Spectrum Cinema:

https://www.mixcloud.com/lexacorm/

May the force be with you