Masc Off Podcast

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Welcome back to Masc Off, a podcast about masculinity in movies!

This week we discuss American Psycho (2000), directed by Mary Harron. Join us as we claim we aren't going to armchair diagnose Patrick Bateman before doing exactly that, we affirm how nice it is to watch Jared Leto get axe-murdered, and Sarah repeatedly claims she could fix Patrick by getting him into Pokemon lore. And of course, we get sidetracked once again trying to re-litigate our issues with the MCU.

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Welcome back to Masc Off, a podcast about masculinity in movies! 

This week we discuss Disney's Mulan (1998), but we get sidetracked by a) the inexplicable delight of Harvey Fierstein's casting, b) which Tamora Pierce novels we were over-invested in, and c) Sarah's pitch for a butch4butch remake of Aladdin. Join us for all this, plus a lot of feelings about seeing (or not seeing) ourselves in our childhood media!

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Listen at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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Hello! I loved the first episode and am excited to check out the second.

I don’t know if you’re interested in movie recs, but I think Paint Your Wagon (1969) is ripe for this stripe of analysis. The story of its production alone is fascinating. And of course you have the moment when Lee Marvin’s character says to Clint Eastwood, “Be my companion, and solace me.”

These days it’s best known for a short gah in The Simpsons and as an early part of the Welcome To Night Vale soundtrack. This movie has fascinated me for years, and I’d be so interested in hearing others’ analysis of it!

Thanks so much for the suggestion! I'm glad to hear you've enjoyed our jabbering about Jaws. I (host Andrew) am always looking for more movie recs. For the last year and a half I've been making a concerted effort to work through my letterboxed watchlist and somehow it's longer than when I started. (I mean, you know how it is, you watch a movie and you like it and you look up what else the director has done and what else the cinematographer has done and what else the costume designer has done and suddenly you've added five more films to the list.) I don't think we've made any plans to do a Western yet, so we'll definitely keep it in mind!

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Welcome to the second episode of Masc Off, a podcast about masculinity in movies!

This week we discuss Velvet Goldmine (1998) by Todd Haynes. We also throw in a quick digression where Sarah and Andrew lament the current state of the MCU and speculate about who applies the Winter Soldier's killer eye makeup.

As a special behind the scenes treat Tumblr ExclusiveTM, check out the difference in @andhumanslovedstories ‘s voice when we talk about Victorian aestheticism vs. Bucky Barnes:

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and we're live! welcome to episode one of 'masc off,' where we discuss masculinity and queer themes in steven spielberg's 'jaws (1975)', just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of its release. did you know it's a pretty good movie? crazy. tinyurl.com/fcjjhxxs

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