SBG 145: Conclave with Mariel Tarin

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Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is about to be cancelled by the Catholic church. 

This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with return guest, comedian and host of Cheers, Queers, Mari Taren (@mariel_taren), to talk about why the 2024 political thriller Conclave Should’ve Been Gay(er). If you are a deeply devoted Catholic, we apologize in advance, because this episode might have you running for the confessional. 

Whether you’ve seen Conclave or not, we’re almost 100% sure that you have seen at least one version of Mean Girls, so the plot should feel familiar to you. This movie gives viewers a peek behind the curtain into the secretive and ancient practice of electing a new Pope. This might not on the surface sound particularly gay to you, but that is where you would be wrong. We don’t know why SNL is sleeping on such high quality content, but we would give anything for a Love Island-ified Conclave skit. There is no chance in our minds that all these men were shut into a room together and no one hooked up. The entire film is just spilled tea after spilled tea as we follow 108 men who normally don’t get a chance to see one another sequestered in one place. It’s basically just a big sleepover full of hot goss and the most dramatic b*tches you’ve ever seen. These cardinals are so dramatic they don’t even wipe the dust off their robes after getting literally bombed. 

We talk with Mari about which cardinal we think aligns with which Mean Girls character, why the intersex Pope reveal at the end of the movie felt too rushed, and how the Conclave marketing team missed a huge opportunity in not advertising directly to the gays. 

We know one thing for sure, Conclave Should’ve Been Gay(er).

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