Everything is Gay (Even the Straight Stuff)

For those of a certain age, it's hard to imagine life without the Treehouse of Horror episodes from The Simpsons. For those who lived before the second season of the Simpsons, perhaps your Halloweens were still awesome but the way that the Simpsons Halloween Special (not yet named Treehouse of Horror) parodied, revamped, and wound your favorites to pitch perfect harrowing silliness made you rethin...

When Fairuza Bulk stepped into the role of Dorothy Gale, she was determined not to be Judy Garland but in a smaller package. And in a way, her charming, slightly alarming, and touched innocence make her the perfect Dorothy and later the perfect twisted Nancy for the Craft. And the world that Fairuza Dorothy constructs or visits in the way of Oz is just as off-putting yet alluring, mechanical and m...

With Hocus Pocus 2 just barely on the horizon (with Daylight Savings Time accounted for), it's time for a retrospective of the camp classic Hocus Pocus. This 1993 witchy romp through Salem lives in its own bizarre bubble. Not a love letter to the genre like Shaun of the Dead nor a stoner comedy like Idle Hands, this hair raising tail is a pop infectious masterpiece of joy and darkness. And John an...

This episode is Rated B for 'Brave yet controversial'. John has a few things to say about the culture surrounding the 2011 ... reboot ... of the 1985 Michael J. Fox movie. It really is about how fandom approaches both the genre work and characters/actors of Teen Wolf. From treating Tyler Posey like a piece of meat to deconstructing the gaze of Teen Wolf- nothing about the urban horror/ghost story...

In 2017, the Pandora's Box of nostalgia laid bare before the world in the form of Power Rangers 2017. It wasn't a reimagining or a reawakening. It was a reboot meant to kick start a new cinematic franchise. It teased a classic Green Ranger (now female), a Zeo crystal (beneath the Krispy Kreme), and five somewhat familiar but also modern teens with attitude. What could've been just fine as a Breakf...

What do gay visual novel video games offer us that non queer games don't? What makes them so special that when they spark the imagination, we fall in deep love with them so quickly? How do they compare to each other? What does Dream Daddy offer that we long for in Coming Out On Top or Robin Morningwood or Morningdew Farms and etc?  Are Dead Dating and the new wave of genre twisting kink games...

Come and exercise your rites and listen in as John and special cohost Jack talk about the power of the 1996 Craft, where Nancy, Bonnie, Rochelle, and Sarah raise themselves up and find themselves mostly cast down. From Los Angeles as a powerhouse setting to a magical alt rock musical catalogue- is The Craft the perfect movie for a 90s teen girl? What about a teen of today? The Craft is a special f...

There was no movie quite like Beetlejuice in 1988. No other humorous dark fantasy comedy like that and certainly nothing from the still then relatively unknown Tim Burton. From the hallmark twisted architecture to shots of whimsy and nostalgia to a tale of co-parenting that would've wilted with a less talented cast- is Beetlejuice the perfect film? Well, maybe not for everyone. But it is the perfe...

It took four episodes to get through the forest but Magnus and John have done it! Enchanted places, places without magic, Camelot, Neverland, and otherwheres have all led us to this. The final episode in the Once Upon A Time examination and discussion series. There's still plenty of highs to talk about (the concept of Emma's institutionalization in The Final Battle) and more than enough lows (why...

John and Magnus' deep dive into the Once Upon A Time series continue. Before diving into Season 4A - Frozen and Season 4B - The Queens of Evil (Rock on!), they discuss how medium and intimacy influences a brand (consider a comic series like Fables versus a tv scaled series like Once) and how influence and point of view create a very different story out of a similar sounding premise (again, Fables...

John and Magnus continue their traipse through Storybrooke, Maine and the Enchanted Forest. This time adding in the time frozen part featuring Captain Hook (amongst others) and also with a half season detour to Neverland. Seasons Two and Three of Once Upon A Time are a great way to start a conversation about shipping, about the idea of nuance, and about how dual identities (and sometimes quadruple...

Mythic May continues strongly in its search for a savior. In this case, we find Emma Swan. Fabled daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and missing savior to the frozen mythical town of Storybrooke, Maine. Plucked from the obscurity of a world without magic (otherwise known as New York), it is the savior alone who can stand up to the machinations of the evil queen turned fashionable mayor Reg...

Into the Woods was supposed to be a 2014 holiday darling. It had everything- the perfect cast, the perfect amount of whimsy. But Into the Woods isn't really a family friendly show, even if it is about fairy tale characters. Deep dive with Magnus and John about what went so right (like Chris Pine ripping his shirt on a waterfall) and what went so wrong (too many big stars for an ensemble show? Was...

It snowed where John lives and as such, John went on an expedition and came across the missing premiere holiday pilot episodes. Cutting them down into one conversation featuring vignettes of all the movies discussed, Magnus teaches John about the Netflix Christmas Cinematic Universe surrounding Vanessa Hudgens while John regales Magnus with the tales of Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2005, featuri...

1996. A movie the whole world wanted to work on. A message of empowerment that had rarely been seen before. And with one of the best white pump, white dress finales in all of filmdom- John and Magnus discuss the First Wives Club and the story of three friends haunted by both divorce and death. Though their struggles are sometimes very 90s, they're also eternal. Find out which quotes are John's fav...

It might be the greatest coming of age story. It's a story of second chances, what it means to showcase masculinity, and what it means to find your true self. It is a mystery, it is action, it is adventure. It is comedy. It is the sound of drums. Does 1995 Jumanji hold up to even modern day films? Yes it does. And it's not just because of the puppet work and the unforgettable aesthetic of the Parr...

The summer of 1995 was a tidal wave for the Power Rangers franchise. Heading into season three, a long awaited feature film was released and the world would never be the same. From gay icon Ivan Ooze (and to a lesser extent Rita Repulsa) to the complexities of Ranger/Sentai canon to trying to stay on track and not just talk about a franchise with more than twenty years of camp iconography, John an...

Welcome back to our ongoing discussion about the Sabrina the Teenage Witch sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina, Nate Richert as the dreamy (and perfectly cast) Harvey Kinkel, and the talented and gorgeous aunts Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick). In this episode we discuss Hilda and Zelda's complicated lives outside of Sabrina herself (which is what made them very interestin...

Of all the ways we've seen Sabrina the Teenage Witch over the years, the 96 coming of age sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart is probably the most beloved. In Part 1, we talk about Libby, Magnus says some choice words about Val (that's why we've got the explicit rating), and John forgets about the movie set in Rome halfway through the series (also was it better than Lizzie Mcguire in Rome?). Discuss...

The 1992 Xmen cartoon was iconic. Part of a vanguard of perfect kids programming in the early 90s, not only is Xmen 92 as an animated series a great adaptation of well loved comic plotlines (from the 80s!) but is also something that just sticks in the memory (and that doesn't just include the theme song). Whether you were there for the fashion, the amusing use of 90s technology, or were stunned by...

The holiday pilot episodes of Everything is Gay got lost at the North Pole, so this first episode about The Golden Girls is presented for all! John, an American playwright, and Magnus, an English illustrator- gather their thoughts for a chat about the cultural legacy of The Golden Girls. Why does the show persist so heavily in syndication and why does it speak to gay men so profoundly? Why does me...