Trash & Treasures

We return to the works of Billy Martin AKA Poppy Z Brite for a Crow tie-in novel that wants to say a lot about systemic oppression in the queer community but kind of trips over its own feet and then breaks every bone in its body. Which is certainly interesting to watch, if nothing else.

This episode was commissioned by Anile! You can find out more about how to commission an episode by visiting patreon.com/trashandtreasures.

CONTENT WARNING for discussion of racism, queerphobia, transphobia, ableism, sexual assault, hate crimes, incest, infant death, natural disasters, dismemberment/gore, intimate partner abuse, grooming, pedophilia, alcoholism, and animal death.

PROPAGANDA Magazine: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Propaganda+Magazine%22

Brookes Photos: https://propagandamagazine-gothic.tumblr.com/post/626509824023232512/model-and-muse-by-fred-h-berger-of-all-the

Lost Souls Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-960635156/drunk-book-club-poppy-z-brites-lost-souls-1

1:00 Poppy Z Brite AKA Billy Martin

8:00 Today’s Drinks

11:30 Content Warnings

15:00 The Crow Franchise

20:00 A Brief Summary

26:00 90s “Deviance” Stories

31:00 The Importance of the Survivor

39:00 The Quietness of the Sheep

46:00 The True Crow

60:00 Depictions of Bigotry as Raw vs Lurid

70:00 The Case of Propaganda Magazine

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In which we wish Whitney was actually a character who hadn't mostly existed offscreen up to now, so that we could actually sympathize with him, and even Michael Rosenbaum can't save this batch of scripts. Dorothy seemed ominously thrilled about the next batch, though...

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of brainwashing, sexual assault, suicide, rape culture, parental abuse, domestic abuse, queerphobia, and ableism

1:30 Micro-Summaries

3:30 Monsters of the Week

23:00 Heart of the Show

30:00 And That’s Terrible

33:30 Knock-Off Brand

36:00 The Jukebox

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This movie is certified fresh in our HEARTS. The American starring debut of both Jet Li and Aaliyah gives its all and we get all we could hope for, from hilarious Mortal Combat x-ray vision to a script smarter than most gave it credit for.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism, gang violence, fatphobia, police brutality, celebrity deaths

Behind the Scenes Mini-Doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WhgDcv7imM

The Legend of the White-and-Yellow Black Man: Global Containment and Triangulated Racial Desire in Romeo Must Die: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/55632/pdf

1:30 The Year Was 2000

5:00 The Making Of

14:00 “Somebody Cancelled Ch’u’s Son”

20:00 Meeting the Cast

29:00 Four Miles of Beach

34:00 A Conspiracy Appears

41:00 Whoa, Social Commentary

49:00 What About that Murder?

53:00 Should You Watch This

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In which our Very Special Guest Lynette brings us an ABC TV movie of the week from the halcyon year 1974. If you've seen lauded modern masterpiece The Boy, you may also be familiar with this movie's plot. We're pretty sure Palahniuk watched it, because it would explain many things about Fight Club.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault, misogyny, police

VC Andrews Blog-o-rama: http://vcablogorama.blogspot.com/

5th Dollanganger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/5thdollanganger

1:00 ABC Movie of the Week

8:00 Beloved Smother

17:00 Guest Room, Not an Attic

20:00 Haunted Real Estate Shopping

25:00 The Boy: The Premake

40:00 Yike: The Source Material

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We really had a great time watching this movie. It also, as you might expect from a film inspired by The Craft and written/directed by a cishet dude, has a lot to unpack. Let's dig into those good intentions, great moments, and bits of unintentional thematic whoops.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault, abusive relationships, racism, misogyny, and transphobia.

The Okra Project: www.theokraproject.com/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund: www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1

1:00 Limits of a Cis Writer

8:00 The Craft, You Say

10:30 The First Night in LA

14:00 Duke as Lestat (and also Nancy)

21:00 But What About Men?

26:00 Theme Detectives

31:00 We Swear We Liked It

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This week brings us the film debut of Madeline Olnek, who longtime listeners might've heard us praising before for WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY. While this is definitely a 90s time capsule even if it was filmed in 2011, it's also adorable to the nth degree. Not to mention how lovely it is to see a fat woman cast as the romantic lead.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of queerphobia, transphobia, misogyny

The Okra Project: www.theokraproject.com/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund: www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1

That BS Passive-Aggressive NYT Obituary of Activist Larry Kramer: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html

Interview with Holly Hughes: https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=philly_free&id=GALE%7CA446292521&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ITOF&asid=a10b4001

Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Cafe Theater: https://books.google.com/books/about/Memories_of_the_Revolution.html?id=gyYXCwAAQBAJ

1:00 Lesbian Activist Theatre: The WOW Café

6:00 Stage to Screen Growing Pains

11:00 The Cheesecake Symbolizes Despair

17:00 Accidental Autistic-Coded Love Story

23:00 Queer Commentary Corner

34:00 Race to the Spaceship

40:00 Preserving Olnek’s Work

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We all know the set-up: a gay couple goes through an elaborate comedy of errors to hide their Big Secret from their parents, who've come to visit out of the blue. But in this case, the secret isn't that Stephen and Danny are in love...it's that they're hitmen for the mob, and they've been telling Stephen's parents they were caterers.

Tough to google and impossible to stream (but fortunately pretty cheap on DVD), this one is a true gem of queer cinema that has been almost completely forgotten.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism, homophobia, transphobia, police brutality

The Okra Project: www.theokraproject.com/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund: www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1

2:00 One-Hit Wonders

6:00 The Issue of Access

10:00 Gay Mafia Shenanigans

16:00 The Tyranny of Gender Roles

21:00 A Dinner Party Militia

36:00 The Ghost of Gay Ads

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This year's Pride theme was decided by vote, and y'all called for queer genre films--we're happy to provide. But tradition demands that we start with the oldest and stodgiest conventions to know our roots, and so we bring you a classic tale of a Repressed Murder Gay, written by highly regarded thriller writer (and lesbian) Patricia Highsmith. You're probably more familiar with the other movies based on her work (CAROL and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN), but Ripley is a pretty damn important figure in genre history.

CONTENT WARNING for discussion of suicide, gaslighting, racism, hate crimes, homophobia, classism, and Gwyneth Paltrow's bullshit

The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund: https://www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1

Phyllis Nagy: “Being gay is Tom Ripley’s kryptonite” (TIFF Interview): https://www.tiff.net/the-review/phyllis-nagy-on-ripley

2:00 Pride Month

5:00 Patricia Highsmith’s Novels

11:30 Speakin of Carol

13:30 The Con is On

18:00 A Crime of Taste

22:00 Single White Male (feat. Gaslight)

28:00 Curse You, Irony

32:00 Ripley as Cultural Figure

37:00 Queerness and 90s Media

39:30 Ripley 2021

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We swear we decided to read the book about a bunch of asshole writers trapped in a building while the world outside possibly dies of a pandemic all the way back in January. Still, if that subject -- as well as the laundry list of content warnings we've had to do up for Chuck "the Fight Club guy" Palahniuk-- isn't something you're up for right now, that's 110% understandable. We'll catch you on the next one. For everyone who wants a bit of a horrified scream-laugh though...we've got you covered.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, racism, misogyny, mutilation, incest, transphobia, ableism, hate crimes, bestiality, animal death, depression, plague/disease imagery, suicide, cannibalism, gore, and bodily decay

1:00 Content Warnings

6:00 Liquor

8:00 Palahniuk and His Bullshit

16:00 The Masque of Red Death, Writers’ Retreat Edition

23:30 The Pool Drain Story

27:00 Misogyny Interlude I

37:00 Fuck the Innocent

42:00 Transphobic Violence I

47:00 The Nightmare Box

50:30 10/10

53:30 Transphobic Violence II

57:30 Some Catchall -isms

60:00 Misogyny Interlude II

66:00 Apocalypse Soonish

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As is becoming tradition for this show, one actually pretty good episode is balanced out by a load of crap, and an accomplished horror star is doing The Most. Thanks for your service, Mr. Candyman, sir. Smallville would like to remind you that ACAB, until the next time that such a sentiment no longer directly affects Clark and is therefore inconvenient.

CONTENT WARNING for discussion of racism, sexual assault, stalking, police corruption/brutality, and misogyny

3:00 Bite-Sized

8:00 Monster of the Week

23:00 Heart of the Show

30:00 Wisdom from Pa Kent

40:00 And That’s Terrible

49:00 The Boombox

50:00 Deepest Lore

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