Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

The Culture That Made Me Queer

Jun 20, 2023

40:17

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Bank Heist Movie

2min

Young Lena

2min

The Normalization of Black Women in a Movie

2min

The Importance of Queerness in Film

2min

The Culture That Made Me Queer

2min

Tewong Fu: The Movie That Changed My Life

2min

The Drag Queen

3min

Aksima Jackson in Tuang Fu

2min

10.

The Culture That Made Me Gay

4min

11.

Maggie Smith's Come and Have a Babe

4min

12.

The Magic of the VCR

6min

13.

The Importance of Having a Parent Who's Gay

5min

Sometimes before we have the language to describe ourselves, we have the culture in front of us to help — the movies, TV shows, and music we listened to and watched that's had a lasting impact. In honor of Pride Month, we ask three creatives about the culture that made them queer: writer, actor, and producer Lena Waithe; Tony Award-winning actor and singer Alex Newell; and writer and comedian Guy Branum. Plus, Sam shares his own story.

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