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Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: Castlevania (Netflix)
Description: [School of Everything Else 2021]
One of the best shows on Netflix and one of the finest animated series, very specifically tailored for an adult audience. Castlevania achieves, philosophically speaking, what so many other lesser shows set out to accomplish and find themselves still wanting.
It's surprisingly softly spoken, mostly concerned with establishing and developing characters. It's dark and sad and seductive and consistently funny. It's about power-plays and loneliness. And the soul of humanity is always on trial.Â
In this episode we go through the four seasons, covering the major characters in a r...