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The secret radicalism of Netflix’s “Hilda”

By: Meera Eragoda, Copy Editor It’s been a little over a month since Netflix released the second season of Hilda, a show about the blue-haired titular character’s adventures with friends and various fantastical beings, set to a soothing colour palette of muted, hazy blues, reds, and browns. The British-Canadian series was created by Luke Pearson, Stephanie Simpson, and Kurt Mueller, with the involvement of many Vancouverites. Based on a series of graphic novels by Pearson — who has also worked on Adventure Time — the animated fantasy show has a very charming, retro, autumnal vibe that continues to delight. On…

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