Searching For Punks

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Once upon a time, Kai Wright saw a movie called "Punks." A romantic comedy about black gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it disappeared.

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0:00.0	This is Code Switch from NPR. I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji, Jeans Out this week.
0:04.8	And on today's episode, we've got the story of a movie time has forgotten.
0:10.0	An almost 20-year-old comedy about queer black life.
0:15.1	Kathy Too and Tobin Lowe from WNYC's Nancy Podcast got some help from their colleague,
0:20.8	Kai Wright, to help tell the story.
0:24.0	Do you have a queer movie that like really resonated with you or that you remember in your life?
0:29.0	The incredible adventures of two girls in love.
0:31.2	It was what I'm a cheerleader.
0:33.4	Broke Back Mountain.
0:34.9	I really like my beautiful londarette.
0:36.8	Imagine me and you.
0:38.6	All the law and orders are my seven-year-old TV show.
0:41.2	In appropriate behavior, I have to put in a good word for the L word,
0:44.8	which is incredibly imperfect.
0:46.9	I think we need the keywords.
0:51.5	From WNYC Studios, you're listening to Nancy.
0:54.9	With your host Tobin Lowe and Kathy Too,
0:58.8	you're listening to Nancy.
1:05.9	Okay, Kai.
1:06.7	Hey, Kai.
1:07.4	Hi.
1:08.8	Colleague at WNYC.
	...

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