The Queer Quadrant

It's the inaugural year of the QQ Qualifier Awards – aka the Quallies! Listen along as Jordan and Brooke award the coveted "Rainbow Prism" to their favorite performances and films of the 2022 cinematic year.

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by culture writer Jihane Bousfiha to finish the year strong with David Fincher's 2011 "feel bad movie of Christmas." Although it's a pretty heavy watch, they discuss this film's absolute casting masterclass, cinematic gender norms and how to flip them, Rooney Mara's missing Oscar, some spicy Fincher rankings, and how f-ing COLD Sweden looks.

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Jordan and Brooke return to the semi-cursed land of Christmas rom-coms for this 2005 curio. It's part romance, part screwball comedy, part cancer drama (yes, really), with some very well-drawn gay characters and a truly deranged SJP performance. Plus they cover hits and misses of past AARP Movies for Grown-Ups Awards, how Rachel McAdams is somehow *still* underrated, when to avoid politics at the dinner table, and why we should all "LOVE THE GAYS!!!"

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Jordan and Brooke kick off their annual unhinged holiday movie watch with this stop-motion classic – but might this movie actually make the Rainbow Standard?! We dig into the plethora of queer characters present in this TV special, the enduring read of Rudolph's story in regards to oppression and capitalism, a Rankin/Bass deep dive (Heat Miser & Snow Miser 4ever), and why anyone would voluntarily want to be a dentist.

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer William Goodman (Complex, GQ) for one of the gayest and more under-seen flicks of the 2010s. They talk everything from meticulously tailored suits to mod 60s influences, why this great movie was such a flop, Guy Ritchie's rat-a-tat humor, Henry Cavill's incredible charm and how we must see more of it, and the beauty of homoerotic bathroom fights.

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by Trace Thurman and Joe Lipsett (Horror Queers) for 1997's "anti rom-com." They discuss Julia Roberts' career and recent comeback, how this film doesn't work without the wonderful Rupert Everett, the case for theatrical rom-coms, evolution of the gay best friend trope, and some controversial thoughts on karaoke.

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by Drew Mackie (Gayest Episode Ever) for the absolute camp masterclass that is this move. They discuss the film's razor sharp breakdown of the American nuclear family, the fact that Gary Cole could totally get it, innuendos galore, and a surprisingly sweet "gay best friend" trope.

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Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by hardcore Wildcat / writer and critic Ella Kemp for an epic conclusion to the HSM trilogy. It's the return of Kenny Ortega auteur theory, all the things an $11M budget can do for your high school, a request for more Sharpay spin-offs, Ryan and Kelsi's iconic mutual bearding situation, and how we'll always all be in this together <3

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by horror writer Cory McCullough (The Scream Teens) to discuss 2022's *debatable* slasher flick. We wonder why writer/director John Logan is so reticent to just let the gay characters get their revenge, discuss the Blumhouse influence, trauma bond over film school trauma, envision what a proper slasher set at conversion camp might look like, and promote another case to #FreeTheBacon.

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Jordan and Brooke are joined by Slim (The Letterboxd Show, 70MM) for a seasonally appropriate Shirley Jackson double bill. We discuss the enduring queerness of the Hill House (Hill HAUS?!) story through its book and adaptations, perks of letting the audience actually use their imagination in horror, some real life haunted house stories, the wonderful world of Letterboxd, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Prada boots.

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