You could call it a stab at a phenomenology of misreading. Or you could call it a stab in the dark. But hopefully not.

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Oh, and Alex Booer, who I quote in the video, has just started her own YouTube channel about the intersection of theory, history and Christianity:    / @thechristianoverthinker8299  

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Works Cited:
Storify with convo including @Jagspelar, @alexboor and @johnlb on watching, reading and listening when feeling down: https://storify.com/ElectricDidact/notes
Aristotle, Poetics (http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poe...)
Aristotle, Politics (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/t...)
Roman Jakobson, Two Aspects of Language and Two Types of Aphasic Disturbances (1960)
Aristotle, On Interpretation (http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/int...)
Paul Ricoeur, Freud and Philosophy (1970)

Further Reading:
Wikipedia, “Catharsis,” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis)
Esta Powell, M.A., M.S., “Catharsis in Psychology and Beyond: A Historic Overview,” (http://primal-page.com/cathar.htm)
Sadeq Rahimi, “The Unconscious: Metaphor and Metonymy,” 2009, (http://somatosphere.net/2009/04/uncon...)
Josephine Livingstone, “In Defense of Cultural Criticism in Trump’s America” (particularly paragraph 7) (https://newrepublic.com/article/14090...)

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Assets:
The Fellowship of the Ring (Theatrical Version), New Line Cinema
Vicky Chow performs Steve Reich - Piano Counterpoint (2011) (arr. Vincent Corver), Vicky Chow, Dec. 27, 2013 (   • Vicky Chow performs Steve Reich - Pia...  )
Toonami - Rurouni Kenshin Long Promo (1080p HD), SlimD716, Feb. 4, 2013 (   • Toonami - Rurouni Kenshin Long Promo ...  )

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Music:
“Conversation Piece,” Mystery Mammal, The Wonders of Modern Technology, CC BY (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mys...)