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Queer Villains

Why do so many big-screen villains seem to be pointedly camp? Caspar Salmon decodes a trope seen in films ranging from Psycho, to Skyfall, to several Disney animated classics, in which filmmakers (either intentionally or not) used harmful queer stereotypes as a way of making their characters seem more disturbing, unseemly or unheroic.

English
  • Originally Aired May 26, 2021
  • Runtime 7 minutes
  • Network United Kingdom BBC iPlayer
  • Created May 26, 2021 by
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  • Modified May 26, 2021 by
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