This week we are joined by Jake DeSersa to face the invaders of The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982) and discuss performative masculinity as a queer suppression tactic, using violence to gain positions of power, aliens as a metaphor for othering, and Norwegian language spoiler alerts.

 

Timestamps

0:08:10 - The Thing from Another World (1951)

0:37:53 - The Thing (1982)

1:20:43 - Outro

 

Mentioned links:

Lousy Advice band+podcast Lightweight band Dead of Night podcast Jake's Letterboxd page "Everything I Know About Men I Learned from The Thing"

 

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