> Trace: Joe: Meagan: / / The Fly Article: Oscar Winning Makeup and Creature Effects Transformed ‘The Fly' AIDS References in the Critical Reception of David Cronenberg. Body Talk:Conversations on Transgender Cinema The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg Hey, it wouldn't be a Cronenberg discussion if it wasn't weird! Plus, respect for the film's handling of abortion (in 1986, no less) normalizing the cock and references to Zenon: The Zequel and Cube 2: Hypercube. Join us as we trace the film's journey from page to screen (rewrites, Mel Brooks, tragedy and Total Recall) before discussing the film's possible AIDS allegory and, of course, all the praise for the film's outstanding and Oscar-winning special effects.
> Trace: Joe: Ryan: / Īnd please take this reader survey ( ) before August 31st!Ĭheck the windows in your teleportation pod because we're heading up to Toronto to discuss all the gooey goodness in David Cronenberg's seminal horror remake The Fly! Joining us is Bloody Disgusting's lead critic (and co-host of The Bloody Disgusting Podcast): Meagan Navarro! ‘Candyman’: A Survey of America’s Historical Aversion to Urban Blackness. “The suffering black male body and the threatened white female body": ambiguous bodies in Candyman “How much did you pay for this place?" Fear, Entitlement, and Urban Space in Bernard Rose's Candyman. Plus: chunky peanut butter poo, poor Kasi Lemmons' terrible death make-up, Stacey's perky nipples, an extended Resident Evil tangent and Ryan's threat to take over the podcast. Up for discussion: changes from queer writer Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden, the historical reality of the 80s housing crisis in America, Trace's theory about what Candyman represents, and Joe's reading of Virginia Madsen's Helen as a narcissist. Joining us to unpack the white privilege, the racial critiques and the enduring appeal of Tony Todd is Ryan Kinney aka Brother Ghoulish. In anticipation of Nia DaCosta's sequel, we're taking the highway to Cabrini Green to revisit Bernard Rose'siconic 1992 film, Candyman. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
> Trace: Joe: Ten: / sure to support the boys on Patreon! Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners Plus, attacking queer culture through pink flamingos, decapitations galore, a town literally covered in blood, more Freeway plugs and our beefs with James Woods and Isaiah Washington. We've got a look at small town queer life, coming out via baptism, questions surrounding gender identity and one very erect penis. Joining us for the discussion is Transploitation co-creator Ten Backe!Ĭome along for the ride as we wade through the film's dream logic to interpret what this film is trying to say. Grab your katana and white dress because we're heading over to a small German town to discuss the internal struggle of the queer cop at the center of Till Kleinert's surreal film Der Samurai.