TARZAN takes over Mindspace in this episode commemorating Edgar Rice Burroughs' 146th birthday. Film historian, "Showbiz Sandbox" host, and friend of the show MICHAEL GILTZ swings back in to give us a crash course in Tarzan's multimedia lives and afterlives. By the end of this episode, you'll be an expert on Burroughs' life, from his pre-fame time working odd (sometimes literally) jobs, to the Tarzana neighborhood he founded in California. We also cover historical revisions of the Tarzan narrative, such as the "Sword and Soul" movement, when Black creators in the 1970s, including the late Charles R. Saunders, threw out Burroughs' racist tropes and turned the genre on its head.
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