Check under the bed for ice picks because we're tackling Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas' notorious 1992 Erotic Thriller/neo-noir, Basic Instinct. Along for trips to the gay bar and the beach house are Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson from The Queer Quadrant podcast, who provide a very welcome bisexual perspective in a film accused of biphobia and misogyny.

Plus: our obsession with the sequel Risk Addiction, ties to The Silence of the Lambs and Cruising, cocaine and cum, Catherine (and Sharon Stone) as a queer icon, a stacked cast of male character actors, and why you can't wear a sweater to the gay bar!

References:

> Celestino Deleyto. “The Margins of Pleasure: Female Monstrosity and Male Paranoia in Basic Instinct” Film Criticism Vol 21, No 3

> Adam Morrison. "Essential LGBTQ Films: Basic Instinct." The Black List Blog

> Camille Paglia. "Commentary." Basic Instinct Blu

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