Basic Instinct (1992) feat. The Queer Quadrant

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Check under the bed for ice picks because we're tackling Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas' notorious 1992 Erotic Thriller/neo-noir, Basic Instinct. Along for trips to the gay bar and the beach house are Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson from The Queer Quadrant podcast, who provide a very welcome bisexual perspective in a film accused of biphobia and misogyny. Plus: our obsession with the sequel Risk Addiction, ties to The Silence of the Lambs and Cruising, cocaine and cum, Catherine (and Sharon Stone) as a queer icon, a stacked cast of male character actors, and why you can't wear a sweater to the gay bar! References: > Celestino Deleyto. “The Margins of Pleasure: Female Monstrosity and Male Paranoia in Basic Instinct” Film Criticism Vol 21, No 3 > Adam Morrison. "Essential LGBTQ Films: Basic Instinct." The Black List Blog > Camille Paglia. "Commentary." Basic Instinct Blu Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Brooke: @brookebsolomon > Jordan: @JordanHGus > The Queer Quadrant: @QueerQuadrant Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:10.6	The following show is just horrifying.
0:15.8	Beware.
0:20.5	The Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.
0:33.4	Your lemon squares taste like ass.
0:46.1	And welcome back to horror queers.
0:49.9	We're talking, I wasn't dating him, I was fucking him.
0:53.6	We're talking erotic thrillers and neo-noirs and we're talking about how terrified men are of sexually
0:58.0	confident women and i'm joe and i'm trace and joe i have a plethora of lies i was going to say
1:07.2	which one about cocaine do you want to say off the top? I was going to say, that's her pussy talking.
1:12.4	I mean, that's a good one, too.
1:14.1	There's so many, like, quotable, well, maybe quotable lines in the sense that I say them in my head,
1:19.4	but I probably wouldn't say them in any, like, normal social situation.
1:23.0	No, this is a Joe Esther House script.
1:25.3	You can't say any of these things out loud to any civilized guest.
1:28.6	I think you could in the 90s, though, right?
1:30.8	That was okay.
1:32.7	We'll get it to it.
1:33.7	We'll get it to it.
1:34.3	Oh, my God.
1:34.9	Well, everyone, we are discussing Paul Verhoeven's basic instinct.
1:38.6	Really, Joe's bread and butter, because he's got that fetish for erotic thrillers.
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