Movies That Made Us Gay

Latest Episodes:

163. La Belle et la Bête (1946) Sep 09, 2022

Show notes

"My Beast! My Beast! Answer me, my Beast! Answer me, my Beast!" We watched the insanely beautiful 1946 Jean Cocteau film La Belle et la Bête, and excuse us as we glide down a windy hallway like were in the It's All Coming Back Me Now video. There's wouldn't be the 1991 Disney animated movie, or power ballad music videos, if it weren't for Cocteau's flamboyant take on the ye old 1757 French fairy tale. We dissect the drag styling of Jean Marais as the Beast. Marvel at how beautiful Josettte Day's Belle is. Other topics discussed is growing up on Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, Shannel's All Stars 1 entrance look, and why we all prefer the prince looking like the beast at the end. This might be one of the gayest and sexually subversive films ever! The type of delicious camp that only a gay man could cook up!

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

, and excuse us as we glide down a windy hallway like were in the It's All Coming Back Me Now video. There's wouldn't be the Disney classic if it weren't for Cocteau's flamboyant take on the ye old 1757 French fairy tale. We dissect the drag proportions of the the styling of Jean Marais as the Beast. Marvel at how beautiful Josettte Day's Belle is. Other topics discussed is growing up on Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, Shannel's All Stars 1 entrance look, and why we all prefer the prince looking like the beast in the end. Is La Belle et la Bete one of the gayest and subversive movies of all time? Cocteau knows how to deliver high camp that only a gay man could cook up!

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

162. The Truth About Cats and Dogs with special guest Oscar Montoya Sep 02, 2022

Show notes

"If you were trapped in Biosphere 2 for three years, who would you bring: Time Magazine's Woman of the Year or Playboy's Playmate of the Year?" We watched our favorite 90s romantic comedy The Truth About Cats and Dogs with our friend Oscar Montoya from HBO Max's Minx. This 90s catfish story by the way of Cyrano de Bergerac is super charming, and classic 'Best Friend Cinema'. Is there anything gay men love more than two women getting along in a movie? We talk about pre-sexting phone sex, 1996's Sexiest Man Alive, 90's movie soundtracks, and why Uma Thurman would win America's Next Top Model. Maybe pitting six foot Uma next to five foot Janeane Garofalo, and having all the men in the movie treat Janeane like a sea hag is a tad misogynistic, but the friendship between the two rings more true with us than the shoe-horned in romance. Janeane and Uma's chemistry can power a small town compared to our two male best friends(?) Ben Chaplin and Jamie Foxx. Don't get us wrong, Ben Chaplin has a 90's sexiness that we try really hard to pinpoint (are we into unibrows now?). Keep your eyes (and ears) pealed for cameos by 90's comedy icons Bob Odenkirk, David Cross and Mary Lynn Rajskub while Scott and Pete take you on a tour of L.A.'s West Side gone-by.

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

161. Jennifer's Body with special guest Lauren Ogle Aug 26, 2022

Show notes

"Hell is a teenage girl." We talk about the Karyn Kusama cult horror comedy Jennifer's Body this week with our bestie Lauren Ogle from Keep it Weird, and we can't help but be lesbigay for Megan Fox. As Jennifer Check, the demon possesed boy killer who chows down on the patriarchy, Fox has never been more in her element. The Diablo Cody penned script was sorely overlooked when it came out in 2009, but has since been reassesed as a feminst classic. We love its lead heroine Anita "Needy" Lesnicki played by Amanda Seyfried, and are secret Low Shoulder stans of Adam Brody's Nikolai, the true villian of the movie. We always knew what Kusama, and Cody had with this wonderful movie, and am glad everyone else has finally come around. If you need us we'll be listening to Through the Trees on repeat.

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

160. Welcome to the Dollhouse with special guest Seth Shubin Aug 19, 2022

Show notes

Not all girls want to play with dolls. It's been 27 years since Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse, and we're here to tell you that it's still savage AF. Seth Subin from @jerkofalltrades joins us again to discuss this pitch black coming-of- age comedy, and we really just want to give Dawn Wiener a hug and tell her it's all going to be alright. We get into the 90s icon that is Heather Matarazzo as the ultimate outsider in us all. Dawn launched her to bigger movies like 54, Princess Diaries, and Saved. Matarazzo's Dawn Wiener is just as potent now as it was when we first got our hands on a copy of this movie. We talk about Brendan Sexton III, as the type of damaged bully we all remember growing up, and the beautiful himbo Steve Rogers (played by Eric Mabius). This movie is essential 90s cinema, and we're not entirely sure if a movie like it could be made today.

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

159. Spice World with special guest Courtney Barriger Aug 12, 2022

Show notes

Girl power takes over this week on MTMUG, and we had our friend Courtney Barriger over to watch Spice World (1997). This camp classic Hard Days Night take on the 90s girl group phenomenon "The Spice Girls" took us all back. Ginger, Scary, Baby, Sporty, and Posh. We love all of these empowered women, and their movie is an out of control good time. Name another film that has an alien encounter, a high octane speed boat chase, boot camp choreography, a fashion montage, and live child birth scene! And don't worry, we get into the famous double decker Spice Bus, that looks as spacious as the TARDIS from Dr. Who. Don't believe anyone who says this is bad, it's a blast filled with unexpectedly solid comedic performances. (Seriously, we didn't remember Victoria Beckham getting the most laughs here) You might have to dig through your old VHS collection to get ahold of this one. How is this camp masterpiece nowhere to found on streaming? Blah, Blah, Blah, Girl Power, You know wot I mean?

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

158. The Hours with special guest Jackson Cooper Aug 05, 2022

Show notes

"I believe I have the first sentence." We watched The Hours (2002) with MTMUG SuperStar Jackson Cooper and we are ready to get sad! Can you believe this titan of gayness of 20 years old? The sheer star power of Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore is enough to power all of West Hollywood for a month! We talk about where we were when we realized this wasn't just a movie about glamourous and nervous white ladies,but about lesbians through the ages. Nicole Kidman (and to some degree her facial prosthetics) as the salty Virginia Woolf may have won the Oscar, but Julianne Moore as unfulfilled melancholic housewife Laura Brown really stuck with us when we first saw this as baby gays. The big reveal (20 year old spoiler alert) had us all geeked, gagged and gooped and we're still recovering. Even the ultra-dramatic cacophany of the Philip Glass score is somehow super gay. Nic may not have known it yet then but this movie proves that our heroes really do feel like the best parts of us and stories really do feel perfect and powerful. Well, you know the rest.

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

157. Who Framed Roger Rabbit with special guest Dax Exclamationpoint Jul 29, 2022

Show notes

"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." We watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit with the Queen of all nerds herself, Dax Exclamationpoint and things are about to get real nerdy up in here. This movie was the original Multiverse of Madness for kids in the '80s and '90s. We collectively lost our tiny minds when we saw the titans of Disney and Warner Brothers together on screen for the first time! Jessica Rabbit, voiced to perfection by the amazing Kathleen Turner, may have been a sexual awakening for a generation of straight boys - but for the gays she was a revalation. She introduced gay kids across the land to Glamour with a capital G and we've been chasing that glittery high ever since. Joanna Cassidy ("I'm right on top of that Rose") is doing the lords work delivering the silliest of lines with deadpan drama and looking like a million bucks in these '40s fashions. This movie also collectively traumatized a generation of kids with it's batsh*t villain Judge Doom, played to chilling perfection by Christopher Lloyd. If you're into voluptuous cartoon babes, onscreen murder of cute cartoon characters and plenty of sexual innuendo this is the kids movie for you!

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

156. Commando with special guests Ben Cheaves and Millie De Chirico Jul 22, 2022

Show notes

Let's Party! We watched one of the gayest action movies to come out of the 1980s Commando with our TCM friends Ben Cheaves and Millie De Chirico. Y'all this movie is insane, and doesn't get nearly enough credit for making Arnold Schwarzenegger the movie star he is today. Arnold plays an ex-special ops soldier living in the woods with his daughter played by Samantha from Who's the Boss, Alyssa Milano. When his daughter is kidnapped by an evil dictator played by Dan Hedaya he must use his Captain America strength to hunt down the men responsible. We discuss if this movie is actually a love story between Arnold and the International Male clad Vernon Wells from Mad Max 2, its smart talking sidekick played with perfect comic timing by Rae Dawn Chong, and if Arnold in that black swim brief leave us feeling a certain way?

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

155. The Royal Tenenbaums with special guest Donovan Marcotte Jul 15, 2022

Show notes

"I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum, you know?" We watched The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) with our friend Donovan Marcotte and we're all of us especially *not* a genius. This "quirky" family dramedy is peak Wes Anderson and quote possibly his best film. Fight us. We all laugh a little too nervously as Gene Hackman's Royal Tenenbaum eviscerates with words everyone in his path - even his children and ex wife (too real?). Are every hipster couple in their Margot and Richie Halloween costumes missing the point of the movie completely? Maybe. Either way we still wish were an inkling as cool as Margot, as smart as Chas and as sensitive as Richie. But at the end of the day maybe we're all just Eli Cash watching from the window across the street.

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

154. Terms of Endearment with special guest Darren Stein Jul 08, 2022

Show notes

"Give my daughter the shot!" We watched the James L. Brooks movie Terms of Endearment with the writer/director of Jawbreaker Darren Stein, and we are here to remind you that it's one of the best films to come out of the 1980s. This movie's biggest fans are in the gay community, and can anyone read a queen to filth like Aurora Greenway? "You are not special enough to overcome a bad marriage." And nobody would have played her better than the cinematic treasure that is Shirley MacLaine, and she has the Oscar to prove it. We talk about the "turbulent brilliance" of Debra Winger. The most Jack role Jack Nicholson has ever played. The Patrick Nagel come to life Patsy played by Lisa Hart Carroll, and stealth hottie Jeff Daniels. Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms!

Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay

Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay

Twitter: @MTMUGPod

Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer

Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna