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Jul 2018
48m 45s

Brokeback Mountain & Happy Together

Brian Rowe
About this episode
This week we cover two queer classics: Ang Lee's 2005 masterpiece and Academy Award also-ran, "Brokeback Mountain" and Wong Kar-Wai's seminal 1997 Chinese film, "Happy Together." Join us as we discuss repressed homosexuals, violent relationships, bad wigs and how much lube is not-enough-lube. With special guest Max Bever!

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