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Podcast: Movie House Sport Psychology
Episode: Practical Magic (1998), Indo art and culture, and sport psychology with Elizabeth Coert Souza, MFA
Description: āIf any man dared take on an Owens woman, he would live briefly in the euphoria of her loveā¦ before meeting an untimely death.ā In this episode, I sit down with multimedia artist, educator, and fellow Indo Elizabeth Coert Souza, MFA, to explore the 1998 cult classic Practical Magic. We discuss how Elizabeth uses her art as activismāshining a light on the comfort women of the Dutch East Indies during WWIIāand dive into the filmās themes of culture, matriarchy, and generational trauma. We examine the movieās allusion to suicide. We even consider the āmental skillsā that witches might need...