What makes one a good person – is it our actions or our motivations?
What happens when someone downtrodden is suddenly given immense power?
Can you really trust a priest called Father Brah?
And should “Greg Serrano” be a search term on porn sites?
To answer some of these questions, Snailina Carpenter aka Aurora Brown is joined by Student Clinical Psychologists Jordynne Le Roux and Zabibu Ishimwe. Together they break down the music and mental health themes in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 1 Episode 5, titled “Josh and I Are Good People!”
That’s right, we’re discussing father-daughter love, shame vs. guilt, sexual and emotional infidelity, megalomania, immigration, and office politics.
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⏳ Chapter Timestamps
00:00:00 Short introduction to a psychological analysis of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend S01E05
00:00:51 Land acknowledgement
00:01:26 Title credits: Josh and I Have Fragile Egoes!
00:01:58 Guest introductions and their orientation to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CXG)
00:04:58 Recapping the plot of CXG S01E05 "Josh and I Are Good People!"
00:06:25 "If you believed it, then somehow I could believe it too." Rebecca v. Josh: Shame v. Guilt
00:20:18 "My nickname is Mother Teresa Luther King." I'm A Good Person
00:30:38 "Yeah, it's a weird visual now that I think of it..." I Love My Daughter (But Not in a Creepy Way)
00:40:35 "These people are such garbage." Paula's power trip
00:51:03 "Two things are a lot for one brain." The prevailing question: Why Josh?
01:15:32 Rating CXG S01E05 on the Fanon Test
01:26:43 "I need to go; my electrolytes are low." Exit stage left
01:31:20 End credits
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References
Bloom, R., & Schlesinger, A. (2015, November 9). I'm A Good Person (Reprise). MMXV CBS Studios; Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Bloom, R., & Schlesinger, A. (2015, November 11). I'm A Good Person [Music Video]. YouTube.
Bloom, R., Schlesinger, A., & Dolgen, J. (2015, November 9). I Love My Daughter (But Not in a Creepy Way). MMXV CBS Studios; Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Hitchcock, M. (Writer), & Hardcastle, A. (Director). (2015, November 9). Josh and I Are Good People! (Season 1, Episode 5) [TV series episode]. In R. Bloom, A. Bosh McKenna, & M. Webb (Executive Producers), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. MMXV CBS Studios; Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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