
149: Queer for King with Bryan Fuller
The Kingcast
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King Was Always on the Side of the Outsider
I think that it's you know him writing about that especially in the 80s is very much reflection of what was going on at the time. And as we've discussed multiple times is because King always sides with the outsider, not the literal outsider obviously but yeah I mean there's something about just his acknowledgement and recognition that queer people go through a lot of hurdles that perhaps non queer people don't. When you are surrounded by oppressive forces and you do not see yourself in your neighbor or on a screen anywhere that there is going to be loneliness and frustration and those things can manifest"
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