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The Fly (1986) feat. Meagan Navarro

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Gay Horror, Lgbt, Gay, Queer Horror, Lgbt Horror, Film Reviews, Film History, Queer, Tv & Film

4.7933 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Check the windows in your teleportation pod because we're heading up to Toronto to discuss all the gooey goodness in David Cronenberg's seminal horror remake The Fly! Joining us is Bloody Disgusting's lead critic (and co-host of The Bloody Disgusting Podcast): Meagan Navarro! Join us as we trace the film's journey from page to screen (rewrites, Mel Brooks, tragedy and Total Recall) before discussing the film's possible AIDS allegory and, of course, all the praise for the film's outstanding and Oscar-winning special effects. Plus, respect for the film's handling of abortion (in 1986, no less) normalizing the cock and references to Zenon: The Zequel and Cube 2: Hypercube. Hey, it wouldn't be a Cronenberg discussion if it wasn't weird! References: William Beard. The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg Willow Maclay and Caden Gardner. Body Talk:Conversations on Transgender Cinema Ernest Mathijs. AIDS References in the Critical Reception of David Cronenberg. Cinema Journal, Summer, 2003, Vol. 42, No. 4 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 > Meagan: @HauntedMeg / @bdisgustingpod / The Fly Article: [It Came From the ‘80s] Oscar Winning Makeup and Creature Effects Transformed ‘The Fly' Be sure to support the boys on Patreon!  And please take this reader survey (http://bloody-disgusting.com/podcastsurvey) before August 31st! 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

All right, easy here, Rolto.

1:10.0

And welcome back to horror queers. We're talking about the poetry of steak. We're talking

1:17.4

Seth Brundall's huge cock. And we're talking taking coffee with our sugar. And I'm Joe.

1:23.8

And I'm Trace. And we're talking, you're a real fucking drag. You know that, Joe?

1:28.6

Oh, man, when he comes out with that super machismo bullshit, you're just like, oh, this is giving

1:35.2

me, like, Buffy and Angel after they sleep together, and then he turns into Angelus and just

1:41.0

becomes a huge dick. So for people that don't know, Buffy, I was very much getting, like,

1:46.6

addict vibes, like specifically, like someone on uppers because I was like,

1:49.9

ooh, that looks very familiar.

1:51.4

And I'm sorry, we're talking David Cronerberg's The Fly, everybody, but to finish my little

1:56.3

anecdote, no, like, that's something that Jeff Goldblum, like, when he was interviewed about this, he was like, yeah, I'm like on like a person's speed the entire time as he was to get out. And I was like,

2:03.8

oh, yes. My hypothesis was correct. Well, you can definitely see it, particularly when he is in that

2:10.9

coffee shop scene, just pouring spoonful after spoonful of sugar. I mean, look, we all know that Cronenberg movies are big on body whore and a cringe.

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You know, you just want to look away.

2:22.8

There are a number of really gross things in this movie and really upsetting things that make you want to turn away from the screen.

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Just a few.

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