Rope (1948)

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4.7 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Shut the antique wooden chest and choke your chicken because we're heading to a posh Manhattan penthouse for a classy dinner party in Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 technical marvel (and uber-queer film) Rope! Join us as we kick off the episode discussing Leopold & Loeb, the real-life "perfect murder" case that serves as the inspiration for the film (among many others) before delving into just how queer this movie is. We've got a queer screenwriter and multiple queer actors and some truly bitchy 1940s dialogue. Plus, stigmatizing tops and bottoms (boo!), a murder set piece doubling as a sex scene, a Jason Sudeikis/Hugo Weaving hybrid, a 50 Shades of Grey tangent and, of course, minding our p's and q's. References: Badman, Scott & Connie Rusell Hosier. Gay Coding in Hitchcock Films. Mensa Fabian Brathwaite, Les. "Hays’d: Decoding the Classics — ‘Rope’" Indiewire Greven, David. Making a Meal of Manhood: Revisiting Rope and the Question of Hitchcock’s Homophobia White, Armand. How Hitchcock’s Classic Mystery Rope Cleverly Depicted Queer Life Coates, Tyler. When Hitchcock Went Gay: ‘Strangers On A Train’ And ‘Rope’ Miller, D.A. Anal Rope Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:33.0	Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:40.4	The following show is just horrifying.
0:45.7	Beware.
0:48.9	Music You're obsessed with her and you're obsessed with her daughter.
1:03.0	Easy, Haroldo.
1:09.0	And welcome back to horror queers.
1:14.8	We're talking the something of the something.
1:17.6	We're talking calling men chum.
1:20.2	And we're talking it, as in homosexual.
1:24.3	And I'm Joe.
1:25.6	And I'm Trace, and if I were you will you Joe I'd stay away from the paté calories
1:29.9	Oh my god, that line so rude everyone we are discussing Alfred Hitchcock's rope today and
1:38.6	Ropa Dope as Joe calls it. Yes.
1:44.9	Yeah.
1:47.9	A.k.A. Alfred Hitchcock's gayest movie ever?
1:49.2	And that's really saying something.
1:52.6	I mean, it's the one that really puts it front and center. But doing some research, it's pretty evident that Hitchcock was interested in the queer
1:57.6	experience when you look at the number of queer actors and queer
2:00.9	characters he includes in his films. But yeah, this one, very queer indeed. I wonder if it's,
2:08.0	you know, it's like, you know, you're, you're, you're fascinated by what you aren't. So maybe
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