The Phantom of the Opera

About this episode

The episode discusses themes from The Phantom of the Opera, including daddy issues and queer aesthetics, and features a call with Dr. Dominic Broomfield-McHugh for his insights on the film.

Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet in a Parisian opera house to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about The Phantom of the Opera. This week we discuss daddy issues, queer aesthetics, and Susan Sontag's definition of 'camp.' We finish the episode by calling Dr. Dominic Broomfield-McHugh to get his take on the film. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon ! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Hannah and Vanessa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vanessa Zoltan, Hannah McGregor

Guest: Dr. Dominic Broomfield-McHugh

Topics covered

• daddy issues
• queer aesthetics
• camp
• film analysis
• opera

Keywords

• Phantom of the Opera
• daddy issues
• queer aesthetics
• Susan Sontag
• camp
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Phantom of the Opera

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