About this episode

The episode explores how Gary Indiana's narrative in 'Horse Crazy' reflects contemporary romantic dynamics during the AIDS epidemic.

How Gary Indiana's tale of unrequited love-lust amid the AIDS epidemic in Horse Crazy (1989) foreshadowed the Simptuationship Era of contemporary romance. A nocturnal rumination with Zach Langley of I'm So Popular. For the full 2.5 hour episode, plus twice as many adventures overall, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmenian

People in this episode

Host: Filthy Armenian

Guest: Zach Langley

Topics covered

• unrequited love
• AIDS epidemic
• contemporary romance
• Simptuationship Era
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Gary Indiana
• Horse Crazy
• AIDS
• romance
• unrequited love
• Zach Langley
• Simptuationship

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Books & works: Horse Crazy

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