Queer Coded: A Queer Film Podcast

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Despite Hollywood starting to take the tiniest of baby steps toward LGBTQ+ inclusion, queer audiences are still pretty starved for representation in popular film. This podcast looks into historical restrictions on showing queer characters in American film and the queer subtexts that often resulted from this. In each episode, Alley, a graduate student at Georgetown studying English and film, and a guest cohost discuss two films from one genre, focusing on queer storylines that were built into or removed from classic and contemporary popular films.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

Despite Hollywood starting to take the tiniest of baby steps toward LGBTQ+ inclusion, queer audiences are still pretty starved for representation in popular film. This podcast looks into historical restrictions on showing queer characters in American film and the queer subtexts that often resulted from this. In each episode, Alley, a graduate student at Georgetown studying English and film, and a guest cohost discuss two films from one genre, focusing on queer storylines that were built into or removed from classic and contemporary popular films.

Language:

English

Website:

https://thequeercode.podbean.com

Episodes

The Monster Movie Part 2: The Shape of Water

6/7/2021

Austin & I talk about watching The Shape of Water during a pandemic and queer loneliness. We also talk about how much we love Guillermo del Toro & the effect of The Bride of Frankenstein and other old Hollywood films on del Toro as a director.

Duration:00:55:55

The Monster Movie Part 1: The Bride of Frankenstein

5/1/2021

Austin & I talk about queer coding in old Hollywood monster movies, focusing on the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein.

Duration:00:50:13

The Teen Sex Comedy Part 2: Blockers

3/27/2021

Austin & I talk about Blockers as an example of a more LGBTQ+ inclusive take on the teen sex comedy. We also talk about Love, Simon and Booksmart, but we try really hard not to.

Duration:00:47:58

The Teen Sex Comedy Part 1: Superbad

3/7/2021

In this episode, I talk with Austin Carr about the very straight, very male history of the teen sex comedy using the 2007 film Superbad as a case study. This episode is the beginning of a two-part discussion of LGBTQ+ representation (or lack thereof) in the teen sex comedy genre.

Duration:00:43:38

The Disney Princess Film

5/1/2020

In this episode, I talk about queer coded Disney villains and the potential for queer coded Disney protagonists. Ian Jayne returns for a discussion on the potential problems with queer coding in contemporary Disney films. This episode also features interviews with Georgetown University students Kennerly Roper, Rose Munsey-Kano, and Luke Thomley.

Duration:01:16:06

The Slasher Film Part 2

5/1/2020

In this episode, I talk with Austin Carr about queer coding in the films Psycho and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. This episode also features an interview with Dr. Caetlin Benson-Allott on queer masculinity in Psycho.

Duration:01:32:22

The Slasher Film Part 1

5/1/2020

In this episode, Austin Carr returns to talk about the genre of slasher films and to tell me what it’s like to audition for horror movies in LA. This episode also features an interview with Dr. Caetlin Benson-Allott, professor of English and film at Georgetown University.

Duration:00:27:53

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

5/1/2020

In this episode, I talk with University of Virginia PhD student (and also one of my favorite people) Ian Jayne about my favorite film genre: quirky “indie” dramedies. We focus on the films Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Royal Tenenbaums.

Duration:01:00:45

The Teen Rom-Com

5/1/2020

In this episode, I talk with actor, model, & singer Austin Carr about Mean Girls and Love, Simon. This episode also features interviews with Georgetown University English graduate students Sam Weiss, Ian Jayne, and Antonia Nagle.

Duration:00:43:51