Episode 27: Art and Morality in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rian reads Kris’s current favourite classic book, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, and the pair go on a meandering deep-dive discussion about its themes, which are fascinatingly prescient.
00:00 Intro
01:52 Read Watch Play
15:05 The Picture of Dorian Gray - First Impressions
21:23 Synopsis
23:29 Core themes
38:45 Lord Henry
52:15 Art for art’s sake
The Picture of Dorian Gray - https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9490a57a-6be5-40e1-a156-728193375daf
LITERATURE - Oscar Wilde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZoUlMrWuCU
What book turned Dorian Gray evil? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIM6mR6VS-A
Other Books
Lady Tan's Circle of Women - https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/33485277-c11d-49f5-ab19-6926034d941a
The Ninth Rain - https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/887561c2-d851-407c-a372-9fded8089d51
Leviathan Wakes - https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c83664bb-15bf-4404-b896-af6bbb0cfc18
How High We Go In The Dark https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3fd47396-f85e-4877-9b53-ed7a2198b280
The Stand https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/434e6801-21e5-4784-b3af-1b939a452380
Games
Grimshire https://store.steampowered.com/app/2238470/Grimshire/
Discounty https://store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/Discounty/
Tiny Bookshop https://store.steampowered.com/app/2133760/Tiny_Bookshop/
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/xenoblade-chronicles-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOorZ4gyaIJ6ggzJIfxlNmXBYswakvDUzIFtdusB1duyW_S_ZWkVD
Persona 4: Dancing All Night https://www.atlus.com/p4dan/
TV Shows
The Penguin - https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/194764-the-penguin
Alien: Earth https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/157239-alien-earth