Episode 4: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
06/12/19 • 25 min
With the first of this month's Pride-themed films, we discuss The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, including Australia's LGBT history, queer cinema, and the importance of camp (hello MET Gala theme!), toxic masculinity, and the queering of the road movie genre.
With the first of this month's Pride-themed films, we discuss The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, including Australia's LGBT history, queer cinema, and the importance of camp (hello MET Gala theme!), toxic masculinity, and the queering of the road movie genre.
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P.S. while we don't endorse piracy, and Nowhere isn't currently available for rent in the US, you can do a search for it and the edited version we reference might pop up somewhere.
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