S3E04 - Eighth Grade and the Internet with Bronwyn Henderson and Brietta Stewart

For this episode our Associate Producer Paige Smith has relieved Devan and Will of hosting duties so that she can talk about Eighth Grade’s depiction and use of the Internet — and she’s brought on two friends who survived eighth grade with her, Bronwyn Henderson and Brietta Stewart. It's both a dive into how the film interweaves screens and scrolling with its characters and dramatic presentation, and a personal reflection on how strange and hard it is to grow up — and how much "growing up" has changed.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How Eighth Grade created the content on screens differently from other productions

  • The symbiosis and melding of the Internet with youth identity.

  • Internet as an ally of self-actualization for kids; Internet as an enemy of self-actualization for kids

  • Mortifying moments in sex-ed class!

  • How the lighting of Eighth Grade both persuades us of its reality and generates meaning.

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Additional Resources:

How Casting a Girl Kept Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’ Current

Image Gallery

Works discussed during this episode:

Eighth Grade

Sherlock

The Fault in Our Stars

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brietta stewart

brietta completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto with a major in cinema studies. She has special interests in intermedial, experimental and feminist film. Her first publication "An Integration of Cinema and Literature: Towards Intermedially Reading the Screen Like a Page'' (Camera Stylo) examines various modes of sexual storytelling through animation. Currently, she is completing her JD at Thompson Rivers University where she is the co-founder of the Law & Film Club.

Twitter: @briettastewart

Instagram: @brietta_

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Bronwyn Henderson:

Bronwyn is a theatre, voice & film actor based in Vancouver. Recently, she appeared in La Cartographe (dir. Nathan Douglas) which is streaming now on CBC Gem. Some of her recent theatre credits include:The Russian Play (Lovecat Theatre/ Vancouver Fringe Festival), Tiny Replicas ​(Tremors/Rumble Theatre),girls!girlsgirls! ​(Excavation Theatre), and ​The Imaginary Invalid (​United Players). Bronwyn is a graduate of the UBC BFA in Acting program.

Instagram: @bronnyhenderson