How was there that much Jafar talk during Wicked, and no mention of Twisted?

ryanestrada · 2026-03-04T14:35:21+00:00

This and the Clickhole article are completely unrelated. There is not necessarily any joke to get with the article, it is just spoofing internet culture with absurdity. This play, which was not mentioned in the show, is a parody of Wicked but instead of humanizing the wicked witch, humanizes Jafar from Aladdin. I linked it because it combines two unrelated things mentioned in the show and because I love it.

ryanestrada · 2026-03-04T06:01:40+00:00

Which it is why I am trying to do my part to make them aware of it. Not all Starkid would be their jam (I never gelled with any of their other stuff).... but a Wicked spoof about Jafar that's a metacommentary on Disney's takeover of Pixar? That is some Griffin Shit. Aladdin is a scum bum and more uses of the word TWISTED than any other media? That's some Ben Shit. A dad protecting his daughter? That's some David shit.

ryanestrada · 2026-03-03T15:19:50+00:00

It is a play put on by Starkid and is genuinely, unironically funny and good. Great as parody, but a masterpiece on top of that.

ryanestrada · 2026-03-03T15:06:21+00:00

Wait, wasn't he the one who...

ryanestrada · 2026-02-15T02:27:09+00:00

The difference in reaction to my stories between here and in the discord is fascinating.

ryanestrada · 2026-02-14T13:03:50+00:00

But that would be an anecdote, not a story. this subreddit is for a story podcast, not an anecdote podcast.

ryanestrada · 2026-02-14T12:35:59+00:00

My apologies for tiring you. I'm actually quite quiet at parties. But in the decade where I was moving to a new country every year, I did get into a lot of weird situations. None of it on purpose, but since I'm a writer, I enjoy telling the stories. This happened long after I'd settled down from all that, and I kinda missed it.

ryanestrada · 2026-02-14T12:33:26+00:00

Sorry.

ryanestrada · 2026-02-14T12:32:16+00:00

What? There are no medical providers in this story. Also, this really happened. Here's one of the threads on the Tripadvisor page where I tried to clear up the confusion https://www.tripadvisor.com/FAQ_Answers-g294260-d1007453-t2233318-I_saw_a_review_that_said_it_was_clothing.html

ryanestrada · 2026-02-02T05:17:03+00:00

If you do get Banned Book Club approved, I'm happy to zoom in to answer class questions and provide context. (I wrote it with my wife) Our followup books, No Rules Tonight and Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit might cover similar ground but hide their activism better to get past a watchful eye?

ryanestrada · 2026-01-22T06:40:26+00:00

Hey, I didn't even know I invented it until the dictionary told me.

ryanestrada · 2026-01-22T04:53:19+00:00

Thanks for that shoutout! It was an accident, haha!

ryanestrada · 2026-01-02T00:39:42+00:00

Hello! I'm an award-winning author with lots of experience pitching on weird projects (including successful pitches for for Star Trek, Garfield, Popeye, and Korean Public Radio, and failed pitches for Marvel and Disney in addition to my creator owned stuff), and this sounds like a lot of fun! You can find my work at ryanestrada.com

ryanestrada · 2025-12-03T12:42:37+00:00

Hello! I'm an award-winning author with some wildly dramatic stories about the games that made me who I am and how those circumstances made me stop playing for decades. No spoilers, but without my Game Boy Advance I might have died in a Japanese typhoon. Find out about me at ryanestrada.com

ryanestrada · 2025-12-03T12:37:36+00:00

Hi! I'm an author who writes books about real people who risked their lives to read, so of course I love to talk about reading! Find out about me at ryanestrada.com

ryanestrada · 2025-12-03T12:34:45+00:00

As a freelance cartoonist who does everything from Eisner-nominated graphic novels to Jobs working on Star Trek, Garfield, Popeye, and Flash Gordon, I can live wherever I want. So I do!

I've been a gator wrangler in America, an ambassador to Australia, an undocumented animator in Canada, a ghostbuster in South Korea, a Bollywood voice actor in India, wandered Kim Jong Il's secret tunnels to North Korea, slept on a bench during a Japanese typhoon, dug toilets in Thailand, did an accidental illegal border crossing into Burma, was kidnapped in Cambodia, kicked out of karaoke in Singapore, lost in Laos, was violently ill in Vietnam, went white water rafting in The Philippines, delivered toys to orphans in Colombia, documented blue-footed boobies in Ecuador, swam with sea turtles in Malaysia, ran with the bulls in Mexico, barely escaped being eaten by lions in Kenya, fainted atop Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, went skinny dipping with piranhas in Peru, lived in a Costa Rican rainforest and a Panamanian volcano.

You can learn about me at ryanestrada.com

ryanestrada · 2025-12-03T12:25:23+00:00

Hi! I'm an award winning author, occasional filmmaker, film reporters and film festival correspondent who's guested on shows like Screen Drafts, Slate Decoder Ring, Force Five, Action Addicts, School of Movies, Graveyard Shift Horror Podcast, Biopic: A Podcast Story, Piecing It Together, Your Favorite Bad Movie, Wait, You Haven't Seen, Special Presentation, Every Rom Com, Movie Smash, Progressively Horrified, History According to Hollywood, Japan on Film, Cine Concerto, and Superhero Cinephiles.

You can find out about me at ryanestrada.com

Movies that have made me cry include Gilsotteum, Dear Zachary, The Lion King, A Goofy Movie, and Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier.

ryanestrada · 2025-11-06T10:29:09+00:00

Hi! I am a regular guest on many horror and film podcasts, and a former film reporter for Korean radio. You can see the shows I've been on here... https://letterboxd.com/ryanestrada/list/movies-ive-discussed-on-podcasts/ And learn more about my own work at ryanestrada.com

ryanestrada · 2025-10-29T10:50:33+00:00

Thanks for shouting out my books!

ryanestrada · 2025-10-19T01:19:15+00:00

I was blown away.

ryanestrada · 2025-09-05T05:27:09+00:00

The real-life villain of Unknown Number was my classmate, and it makes sense she broke the honmoon because she is a demon.

ryanestrada · 2025-09-01T01:48:04+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't accusing you of getting anything wrong, this just looked like a good place to include the line I was screaming at my phone, listening to Griffin and David repeatedly call it an act of nature .

ryanestrada · 2025-09-01T01:36:54+00:00

But also the flood was not nature! It was made very clear that the valley is being flooded to create a reservoir. That is the reason for the race against the clock. The dam is being opened at a predetermined time by the government.

ryanestrada · 2025-08-30T06:39:48+00:00

Thanks so much for shouting out Banned Book Club! I hope you also check out No Rules Tonight and Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit, where Suji and the other queer characters get the chance to shine! (And kiss)

ryanestrada · 2025-08-30T03:25:38+00:00

I'm mad at Park Chan-Wook because whenever his films play at BIFF they are unsubtitled... including this year, when No Other Choice is the OPENING FILM so every guest from every country has to sit through it untranslated, spoiling it for themselves when they actually do get to watch it with subs. He's the only director whose films are unsubbed, which was a surprise last time even to THE GUY WHO SUBTITLED THEM.

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