Join Drew, Grace, Lucius, and Paola as they react, review, and reflect on Netflix's Grammy and Oscar award winning surprise animated hit KPop Demon Hunters, and share recommendations of some thematically related films, games, music, and books.

(0:00) Intro

Welcome to Soul on Screen

(01:40) React

Widely varied initial impressions from "I'm filing this under movies I have to see because of a podcast" to immediate captivation, an 8-minute hate-watch that transformed into genuine love, and being unexpectedly moved to tears by the final sequence

(08:53) Review

Creative animation blending CGI, anime-inspired styles, and Korean manhwa elements, innovative "breaking the model" techniques, catchy musical numbers that advance the story, playful use of emojis and internet culture, culturally-rooted elements like the tiger and magpie from Korean folklore, well-paced storytelling that doesn't over-explain itself, and confessions about past boy band obsessions that may involve very tight, very bright sequined pants

(36:11) Reflect

Examining the profound theme of shame as the mark of the enemy, the disarming power of truth-telling and confession, spiritual warfare depicted through music and community, a personal story about confronting voices, the difference between fixing and healing, patterns of behavior that harden over time, the contrast between escapist "couch" and restorative rest, and the deeply human story beneath the K-pop spectacle

(01:27:38) Recommend

Related movies, games, music, and books:

• Perfect Blue (animated film)
• Pop Star (comedy film)
• Brutal Legend (video game)
• Sleeping at Last's Enneagram album (Atlas project)
• The Singing Revolution (documentary)
• Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson
• The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
• Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie
• Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
• Castaway Diva (K-drama)