All hail Queen Tina (and while we’re at it, Queen Angela Bassett). We take a look at the story of the singular Tina Turner as told through the 1993 biopic of her marriage to garbage monster Ike Turner with our very special guest Katy, co-host of the always entertaining Queens Podcast. 

We discuss what love has to do with it (spoiler: nothing, it’s coercive control), wigs, the #notallmen employees of the Ramada Inn, the weird journey of the traumatizing moment of “Eat the cake, Anna Mae,” and Tina Turner’s otherwise joy-filled life as an unparalleled superstar. 

What’s Love Got to Do with It is directed by Brian Gibson and stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner, Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner, Jenifer Lewis as Zulma Bullock, and Vanessa Bell Calloway as Jackie. 

Spoiler Warning: We spoil everything. And we enjoy it.

Check out the Queens podcast here:  https://queenshistorypodcast.com/the-queen-of-rock-n-roll-tina-turners-life-story/ 

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