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

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